Indian Army helps poll officials on duty who met with accident

Guwahati, April 19, 2019:

In a tragic incident, a police vehicle on election duty, escorting the vehicles carrying EVM machines met with an accident near Bokajan Village in Karbi Anglong District at night on 18 April.

A request was received by the Army from ADG of Police (Law and Order), Assam, to provide necessary assistance to the three policemen and one civilian who were injured in the accident.

The Army immediately swung into action and the Military Hospital at Dimapur was alerted. Patients who had multiple head and chest injuries on arrival were immediately resuscitated and admitted in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital. A surgical team attended to the patients and provided necessary treatment.

It has now been confirmed by the Army that condition of all the patients was stable and they were out of danger.