The seven missing Army troopers who were whacked by an avalanche in high altitude region of Kameng Sector in Arunachal Pradesh on February 6 occurred to be dead, the Indian Army announced.
An ANI report quoted the Army as declaring that their bodies were procured from the avalanche location. The seven Army personnel were in a patrol battalion and had gone missing after getting whacked by the avalanche in Tawang district.
Sang Thinley, officer-in-charge of Dirang police station, had earlier disclosed to ANI that the incident occurred along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) on Sunday. Seven Army troopers of 19 JAK Rifles have been however taken away by an avalanche in the region near Mammy Hut. After the incident, Army officers had registered the accident at Jang police station. The region is very distant and all roads have been blocked due to snowfall.
However it was after, Tezpur-based Defence PRO Lt Col Harsh Wardhan Pande had told a search and rescue operation was in process. Moreover Lt Col had told that Specialised teams have been airlifted to help in rescue operations. The region has been seeing severe weather with heavy snowfall since the last few days.
