Odisha Police SOG personnel killed in grenade explosion during training

A personnel of the Special Operations Group (SOG), Odisha Police's anti-Naxal force, was killed and two others were injured in a grenade explosion during a training programme on Tuesday, police said. Thirty four-year-old Havildar Prakash Sahu, a resident of Bargarh district, was killed in an explosion while imparting training to cadet sergeants to lob grenades, at the SOG Training and Resource Centre in Chandaka area, a police statement said.

"Today (April 7) afternoon while practice was going on under the supervision of trainer Havildar Prakash Sahu, one grenade accidentally exploded in the mid-air causing grievous injuries to the trainer and a cadet sergeant, and minor injuries to another cadet sergeant," it said. The trio was shifted to a private hospital, where Sahu succumbed to his injuries while the condition of the cadet sergeants is stable, the statement said.

Director General of Police Abhay condoled Sahu's death, it added..