India, June 3 -- Search operations resumed on Tuesday to trace six army personnel, including a Lt Col and his family, who went missing after a landslide hit an army camp at Chaten in North Sikkim, officials aware of the developments said.

A 23-member team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) reached Chaten on Tuesday where the police and army were carrying out search operations. Three bodies were found on Monday.

"The NDRF team from Pakyong airport reached Chaten by helicopters at 8am and started a search and rescue operation along with army and police," said Arun Thatal, sub-divisional officer of Chungthang in Mangan district.

A statement issued by the Sikkim government on Tuesday morning said, "In response to the ongoing di...