BSF Officer Dies, 4 Injured in Tragic Road Accident in Cooch Behar

BSF Officer Dies, 4 Injured in Tragic Road Accident in Cooch Behar

Baby Chakraborty, KalimNews, February 13, 2025, Kolkata :   A tragic road accident in Cooch Behar claimed the life of a Border Security Force (BSF) officer and left four others seriously injured. The incident occurred on Wednesday night at the Kakribari overbridge area of Alipurduar Road when a BSF Bolero vehicle collided head-on with a passenger bus.

Local residents rushed to the scene after hearing the crash and immediately helped rescue the injured. The victims were quickly transported to Cooch Behar MJN Medical College Hospital, where one of the injured, identified as BSF jawan Hariyom Prakash, was later declared dead. The remaining injured, including a BSF doctor, are receiving treatment, with the doctor’s condition reported as critical. The doctor has been transferred to a private hospital in Cooch Behar for further care.

All the injured individuals are jawans from the 45th Battalion of Dhubri BSF, who had been assigned to a special mission in the Gopalpur sector of Cooch Behar when the accident took place. The cause of the collision is under investigation as authorities work to determine the circumstances leading to the tragic incident.

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