NASHIK (Maharashtra): Two Indian Army Agniveers lost their lives in an accident when an artillery shell burst during a firing exercise in Nashik district of Maharashtra, Indian Army officials said on Friday.
The officials said that THE Agniveers had come from Hyderabad for training at Artillery School in Deolali, Nashik. The Army has ordered a court of inquiry into the incident to find out the exact cause of the accident.
Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi and all ranks saluted the “supreme sacrifice of Bravehearts — Agniveer (Gunner) Gohil Vishvarajsinh and Agniveer (Gunner) Saikat, who laid down their lives in the line of duty”. while undergoing training at Devlali Field Firing Ranges, Maharashtra. (ANI)