Three soldiers killed as Avalanche hits Siachen camp
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 Agniveer Niraj Kumar Choudhary from Deogarh in Jharkhand. P8...
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