Soldier slips to death in Gurez Sector

Bandipora: An army jawan died after he fell into a deep gorge following an avalanche in Gurez sector along the Line of Control in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district.

“Sepoy Karnail Singh, 22, was deployed on the forward post in Gurez sector. On February 26, owing to sudden snow avalanche, he fell into a deep gorge,” an army official said.

  He said Singh was rescued and evacuated to 92 Base Hospital in Srinagar, where he succumbed.

Singh had joined the Army in 2018. He belonged to Changer Tarsooh village in Himachal Pradesh and is survived by his parents. (KNT)