A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper died on the spot and six of his colleagues sustained serious injuries when their car hit a culvert on the national highway near Gorlagudem under Chintoor police limits in Alluri Sitharama Raju district on the Andhra Pradesh-Chhattisgarh border on Tuesday.
The deceased BSF personnel has been identified as Gourav Kumar Pandey from Uttar Pradesh.
The accident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday when seven BSF jawans belonging to 142 Battalion were traveling from their base camp in Khammam, Telangana to their intelligence camp in Balimela, Odisha. The group traveled in a privately hired car.
In an official statement, Chintoor Sub-Inspector P. Ramesh said; “The six surviving BSF personnel have been shifted to a private hospital in Bhadrachalam and are out of danger.
The body of Gourav Kumar Pandey is kept at the Chintoor Government Hospital and a case has been registered.
Published – 21 Oct 2025 21:19 IST
