A 32-year-old Army jawan lost his life after an Army tank sank into the Indira Gandhi canal during training on Tuesday morning, officials said.

Deepak Khorwal, a non-commissioned officer (NCO) hailing from West Bengal, lost his life during training while another person managed to escape. Rohitash Kumar, in-charge of the police outpost and the Investigating Officer in the case said, “There is a training and practice involving army tanks which are taken into water. However, in this case, the tank got submerged in the canal. While a commander managed to escape, Khorwal was sitting inside and could not get out.”

The incident took place in Suratgarh early Tuesday morning.

The part of the canal where the tank submerged was 200 feet wide and 30 feet deep. “The tanks are taken into water as par

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