Missing soldier's body found in J&K's Anantnag

Security forces on Friday found the body of a soldier who had gone missing in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district earlier this week, officials said. The body of another soldier was found from the area on Thursday.

The two soldiers of the Army's elite para unit -- Lance Havildar Palash Ghosh and Lance Naik Sujay Ghosh -- had gone missing during a combing operation at Kokernag on Tuesday. The operation was launched in the Ahlan Gadole area, following inputs that terrorists were hiding there, the officials said. While the body of one of the soldiers was found on Thursday, the other body was found on Friday, they said, adding that it seems that both died due to hypothermia. According to the officials, the two soldiers went missing after their communication line went out.

The Srinagar-based Chinar Corps unit of the Army said the operational team was caught in a severe snowstorm.