By Siraj Qureshi: A Navy commando, identified as Ankur Sharma, died during a parachute exercise at the Agra Airforce Base’s Airborne Training School after his parachute got entangled in high-voltage powerlines on Friday.
According to Malpura Police Station officials, Ankur Sharma, who was posted in Jammu and Kashmir, was receiving paratrooping training at the Airborne Training School of Agra’s Malpura dropping zone.
As part of his training, he jumped from an aircraft using a parachute on Friday morning, but in the final seconds of the leap, he presumably failed to spot the extremely high-voltage powerlines. His parachute got entangled in the powerlines.
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Farmers working in the fields saw the paratrooper getting entangled in the powerlines, and immediately notified the authorities, sources claimed. While trying to disentangle himself, Sharma fell from a considerable height and got injured.
Sources claimed that the officials rushed to the spot, and the commando was then transferred to the military hospital for treatment. Ankur Sharma succumbed to his injuries in the hospital.
According to sources, the Airborne Training School in Agra regularly offers paratrooper training courses for military personnel. This institution trains thousands of commandos in parachute jumps.
Cricketer and Lieutenant Colonel in the territorial army, Mahendra Singh Dhoni completed his paratrooper training and did five parachute jumps at the Malpura Dropping Zone to be classified as a paratrooper commando.
