As many as three jawans of the Odisha Special Armed Police (OSAP) sustained critical injuries in a fire mishap in Bhadrak district on Monday.The victims were rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital.
“We are attending to them at DHH. CDMO has been requested for all support for treatment. We wish them speedy recovery,” said Bhadrak Collector Gyana Das in a tweet.
The injured jawans, Manoranjan Ghadei, Sangaram Tudu and Ganesh Nayak belong to the OSAP 5th Battalion, Baripada. They were on duty at Puruna Bazar police station in Bhadrak district.
According to preliminary investigation, the burning cinder from a mosquito repellent set a room on fire while the jawans were sleeping at night.