JAMMU, Sept. 10 -- Three soldiers of Indian Army's Mahar Regiment were killed after an avalanche struck Siachen - the world's highest battlefield - in the Union territory of Ladakh, officials aware of the matter said on Tuesday.

The avalanche hit the 12,000-feet-high Siachen base camp area, trapping three soldiers, including two Agniveers, the officials said.

Another army officer, who was also buried in the avalanche, was rescued after a gruelling rescue. "Three soldiers of the Mahar Regiment died after their camp was hit by an avalanche late on Sunday," confirmed a local official from Nubra.

The deceased have been identified as Sepoy Mohit Kumar of Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya, Agniveer Dabhi Rakesh Devabhai of Junagadh in Gujarat and Agni...