CHAPTER 1 - Border Roads Organisation

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8. Personnel reported missing will be those whose whereabouts cannot be readily
determined due to abnormal circumstances, those involved in action and in encounters with
hostile elements whilst on normal duties, those travelling abroad in a missing aircraft, or those
suspected to have been drowned whose bodies cannot be traced. Persons regarding whom
evidence exist/points to their having deserted will not be reported as missing.
9. The following type of casualties in operation will not be treated as hostile casualties but
as cases of ordinary physical casualties :-
(a) Accidental deaths (other than as provided for in para 8).
(b)
Deaths from self inflicted injuries.
(c) Accidental injuries (other than as provided in para 8).
(d)
Self inflicted injuries.
10. Accidental injuries as sustained in action on or in proximity to the enemy will be treated
as accidental casualties.
11. Accidents occurring in field area where there is no fighting will not be regarded as battle
accidents/casualties.
12. Reports on personnel missing in action will indicate, if possible likely fate i.e. believed
killed, believed prisoner of war or believed drowned.
Procedure for Reporting
13. All casualties including fatal and other occurrences mentioned in Appendix „E‟ will
hereafter be reported by “OP IMMEDIATE” Signal/Telegram within 24 hours of occurrence
direct to BRDB Secretariate by units and formation mentioned therein under intimation to
HQ DGBR, CE Projects, HQ BRTF concerned, GREF Records and PAO (GREF), Pune-
411015. These signals/telegrams should contain full information upto the maximum extent
available .Death casualties in respect of Army Officers will be intimated to Integrated HQ of
MoD (Army), AG‟s Br Org 3 (d) and the Controller of Defence Accounts (Officers) Pune-
411001. Also. death of Army personnel serving on ERE with this Organisation will be intimated
to the respective Record Offices and PAO (ORs).
14. The following details will be included in the signal to be sent by unit within 24 hours of
casualty as per ROI ibid :-
(a)
(b)
Fatal casualty
No, Rank, Name, Age and Unit/Formation of the individual
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