Avalanche hits army post in Kupwara, 1 Soldier killed, 2 others injured

Kupwara: An army soldier was killed and two others injured after an avalanche hit a post in Tanghdar area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Wednesday.

Quoting official sources, Global News Service (GNS) reported that a snow mass hit Roshan post at approximately 2000 hours last night and three soldiers were swept away and were immediately rescued and shifted to a hospital

However, one of the soldiers identified as Nikhil Sharma (25) of army’s 7 Rashtriya Rifles was declared brought dead by the doctors who attended upon him. Two other soldiers, Ramesh Chand and Sepoy Gurvinder Singh have been admitted in a hospital. GNS