Body of soldier found six months after he was swept away in J&K landslide

Sepoy Shammi Singh (26) had gone missing on December 11, 2017, in Kupwara district. He was part of an operational team which was serving along the LoC and was swept away in a landslide during patrolling.

The body of a soldier, who went missing after a landslide in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district last year, has been found after six months, an Army officer said on Thursday.

Two bodies had been recovered earlier, while Shammi Singh remained missing. Search operations resumed after the snow melted and concluded on Wednesday with the recovery of Singh’s body. (AP/Photo for representation)

Sepoy Shammi Singh (26) had gone missing on December 11, 2017, in Kupwara district and his body was recovered on Wednesday, the officer said.

Singh was part of an operational team which was serving in the formidable heights along the Line of Control (LoC) and was swept away in a landslide during patrolling, he added.

Two bodies had been recovered earlier, while Singh remained missing, the officer said. He said search operations resumed after the snow melted and concluded on Wednesday with the recovery of Singh’s body.

The Army paid floral tributes to Singh at the Badami Bagh cantonment in Srinagar. Chief of Staff of Chinar Corps, Lt Gen SK Sharma and other personnel attended the ceremony.

Singh’s mortal remains were flown to his native Makroli village in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district, where he will be laid to rest with full military honours, the officer said.