Srinagar: Five soldiers were reported missing after avalanches hit two Army posts on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Tuesday.
The avalanche occurred in the Mani Post Bagtor Gurez sector near the Line of Control (LoC).
Apart from it two soldiers went missing in Kupwara district’s Nowgam sector on Monday evening.
Confirming the development, a police official said, “three army jawans went missing at Mani Post Bagtoor Gurez and two others in Nowgam sector reportedly due to a snow avalanche.”
He said that a rescue operation was underway in the area.
More than five feet deep snow had accumulated on the ground on the LoC in Gurez sector due to the heavy snowfall that started on Monday evening and was still continuing on Tuesday morning.
On January 26 this year, at least 10 soldiers were killed and several of their colleagues went missing after avalanches hit an army camp and a patrol, also in Bandipora.