GUWAHATI:
Army has launched intensive search operations for two personnel who were deployed in forward areas of Anjaw district in
Arunachal Pradesh
and have been missing since May 28.
Defence PRO Lt Col Sumit K Sharma stated that
Naik Prakash Singh
and
Lance Naik Harender Singh
, are presumed to have accidentally fallen into a fast-flowing river in close proximity to their post.
“Despite immediate and extensive search and rescue operations, including aerial reconnaissance and tracker dogs being pressed into action, no success in recovery of the personnel has been achieved. The search operations are continuing for last two weeks. A court of inquiry to investigate into the incident has been convened by the Army,” the PRO stated..
The two soldiers are from
Uttarakhand
and their family members have been informed of the unfortunate incident.
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Read MorePrabin Kalita is a journalist at The Times of India and is currently the Chief of Bureau (northeast). He has been reporting in mainstream Indian national media since 2001. He has been a field journalist reporting gamut of issues from India’s northeastern region and major developments in neighbouring countries like Myanmar, China, Bhutan and Bangladesh concerning India and northeastern region. He has been covering insurgency—internal and cross-border, politics, natural calamities, environment etc. He is a post-graduate in Geological Sciences from Gauhati University.
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