Avalanche strikes Siachen base camp in Ladakh; three soldiers killed

Leh, Sep 09: Three soldiers lost their lives when an avalanche struck Siachen, the world's highest battlefield, in the Union Territory of Ladakh, officials said on Tuesday.

The avalanche occurred in the 12,000-feet-high Siachen base camp area on Sunday, trapping three soldiers, including two Agniveers, the officials said.

The officials identified the killed soldiers as Sepoy M Kumar, Agniveer D Rakesh and Agniveer Neeraj Kumar Choudhary.

They said a rescue operation was immediately launched and the bodies of the trapped soldiers were retrieved.