Srinagar : Two Army paratroopers who went missing five days ago during an operation in the Ahlan Gadole area of Kokernag in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district have been found dead.

“The body of the second missing para commando was recovered by security forces today during the ongoing search operation in the dense forest area of Gadole in Kokernag,” an official said.

The body of the first missing para commando was recovered from the same forest area yesterday. “On the intervening night of October 6 and 7, an operational team in the Kishtwar Range encountered a severe snowstorm and whiteout conditions in the mountains of South Kashmir. Since then, two soldiers had gone out of communication,” the Chinar Corps wrote on X on Wednesday.

“Intense search and rescue operations were launched but w

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