CM Naveen Mourns Martyrdom of Odia Jawan Prakash Chandra Sial

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday mourned the martyrdom of Odia jawan Prakash Chandra Sial.


Sial was martyred in a landmine explosion triggered by Maoists in Rengabai forest in Chhattisgarh bordering Malkangiri district.

The jawan was from Gopalpur village under Balasore’s Bahanaga block.
Sial was among the troops assigned to provide security to the polling party at Kanker in Chhattisgarh. He unfortunately stepped on a landmine suspectedly planted by Maoists which exploded injuring him seriously.
Following the explosion, he was rushed to Raipur Hospital for treatment where he succumbed to his injuries today.

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