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J&K: Search operations to find 10 soldiers buried in Siachen avalanche on

by IBNS 06 Feb 2016, 10:24 am

New Delhi, Feb 6 (IBNS): India's defence ministry said on Saturday that the rescue operation is continuing with additional specialised equipment and teams at the site of avalanche of Feb 3 at the Siachen Glacier northern base camp where 10 Indian soldiers were buried.

The Indian Army on Friday said it is continuing the search operation to find bodies of the 10 soldiers who are feared dead after being trapped under snow in the Siachen Glacier northern base camp of the Indian Army in Jammu Kashmir on Wednesday.

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi  mourned their deaths on Thursday.

The details of the ten soldiers buried in the avalanche as released by the Army is as follows :-

    Subedar Nagesha TT r/o vill Tejur, Hassan Dist, Karnataka.


    Havildar Elumalai M r/o vill Dukkam Parai, Vellore Dist, Tamil Nadu.


     Lance Havildar S Kumar r/o vill Kumanan Thozhu, Teni Dist, Tamil Nadu.


    Lance Naik Sudheesh B r/o vill Monroethuruth, Kollam Dist, Kerala.


    Lance Naik Hanamanthappa Koppad r/o vill Betadur, Dharwad Dist, Karnataka.


   Sepoy Mahesha PN r/o vill HD Kote, Mysore Dist, Karnataka.


     Sepoy Ganesan G r/o village Chokkathevan Patti, Madurai Dist, Tamil Nadu.


     Sepoy Rama Moorthy N r/o vill  Gudisatana Palli , Krishna Giri Dist, Tamil Nadu.


     Sep Mustaq Ahmed S r/o vill Parnapalle,  Kurnool Dist, Andhra Pradesh.

   Sepoy Nursing Assistant Suryawanshi SV r/o village Maskarwadi, Satara Dist,  Maharashtra