Press Information Bureau, Doordarshan Officials Killed In Mizoram Accident
Three government media officials, including senior members of the Press Information Bureau and Doordarshan, were killed in a fatal road accident near Sateek, Mizoram. The vehicle veered off the road and plunged down a slope while the team was returning from an official visit to Sialsuk.
Why it matters
The incident represents a significant loss of senior public information leadership in India and highlights the ongoing safety challenges associated with travel in the difficult, mountainous terrain of Northeast India.
Three government media officials were killed and two others injured after their vehicle veered off the road and plunged down a slope in Mizoram on Thursday.The victims were identified as Dr Engam Pame, Additional Director General of the PIB and CBC Regional Office in Imphal; Nampibou Marinmai, Director (News), Doordarshan Kendra Aizawl; and H Lianvela, a Multi-Tasking Staff member at the Central Bureau of Communication's Field Office in Aizawl.Condoling the deaths of three officials in a road accident, Mizoram Governor General (Retd.) Vijay Kumar Singh said the tragedy was an irreparable loss to the media community.Deeply shocked by the tragic road accident near Sateek, Mizoram, on Thursday afternoon, which claimed the lives of three public information officials - Dr. Engam Pame, IIS, Additional Director General, PIB & CBC, Imphal; Pu Nampibou Marinmai, IIS, Director (News), DDK Aizawl and...
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