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Election bound 30 policemen injured after bus-truck head on collision in north Bengal

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SILIGURI: Thirty policemen, including a sub-inspector and two civilian, were injured when government bus, carrying cops to poll bound north Bengal districts, met an accident with a truck on NH 34 in North Dinajpur early today, Siliguri's Assistant Police Commissioner Pranob Sikdar said.

Among the injured four critically wounded cops have been admitted to a private nursing home here and 25 others in North Bengal Medical College and Hospital.

Three others SI Gopi Nath Das and truck driver and his assistant have been admitted to a hospital in North Dinajpur.

The accident happened at around 0050 hours when the cops from Siliguri commissionrate were travelling in a state owned bus for poll duty in north Bengal districts.

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