BHUBANESWAR: At least nine
police personnel were injured in
bee attack during firing training in a forest near Brahmanapalli in Boudh district on Sunday. They were admitted into a hospital in Boudh.
According to
Bibhuti Bhushan Panda, commandant-in-charge of
5th India Reserve Battalion (IRB) battalion, the incident happened when jawans of the battalion were busy in firing practice inside Baghuapada forest.
Panda said battalion personnel reached the practice site at 6 am. They conducted several rounds of firing practices till the bees invaded into the
practice area at around 9 am, he added.
“The bees in large numbers came out of a hive situated behind the security personnel and started attacking them. Most of the personnel lied on the ground to escape from the bees, but nine of them running for a cover stung by the honey bees,” he added.
The reserve battalion is situated at Balasingha in Boudh district. The injured police personnel were rushed to the
district headquarters hospital at Boudh. “It was for the first time I experienced bee attack. So I did not have any idea about the techniques to get respite from the bee attack,” said an injured cop.
Panda said the injured cops were discharged from the hospital after treatment.