BHUBANESWAR: A homeguard was killed and other four policemen sustained injuries in a road Mishap at Pahala on NH-5 here in the wee hours on Monday. The deceased was identified as Prasanta Kumar Sahu, a homeguard in the Balianta police station.
While a team of five policemen of Balianta police station boarded in a Jeep were patrolling in Pahal area, an unidentified vehicle rammed the police Jeep from its back side. The Jeep turned turtle and the homeguard died on the spot. Two others were identified as Ajay Rout and Jitendra Khuntia of OSAP.
They were rushed to the Capital Hospital immediately. They were reportedly out of danger and the investigation is going on, informed the Balianta Inspector-in-Charge Sanjay Kumar Patnaik.
It may be noted that a similar accident was taken place on July 4 last year, where a home guard Bamdev Nayak was killed and other police officers were injured when a truck hit the police vehicle from its backside, while patrolling in the Pahala area in the wee hours of night.
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