Two Agniveers killed after shell explodes during firing exercise in Nashik

Oct 11, 2024

Nashik (Maharashtra) [India], October 11 : 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.
They officials said that 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.