March 20, 2016 16:14:33 | Rising Kashmir News

Rescue teams of the army on the third day of a gruelling search operation, managed to recover the body of Sepoy Vijay Kumar under twelve feet of snow in Kargil, an army statement said on Sunday.



The army soldier belonged to Vallaramapuram village of Thirunelvelli District of Tamil Nadu.

A rescue operation was started to trace Kumar who had buried alive under a snow avalanche in Kargil region on March 17.

An avalanche had hit an army post located at an altitude of 17,500 feet.

Two soldiers who were on surveillance duty were washed away in the avalanche. Immediate rescue operations were launched in which one soldier could be rescued, while the body of second soldier was recovered today.