J&K: Bodies recovered from Kupwara after avalanche hits vehicle

Srinagar: Five bodies were on Saturday recovered from a spot in north Kashmir's Kupwara district where a passenger vehicle was hit by a huge avalanche of snow, trapping seven persons.

The body of a Beacon officer was recovered on Friday night after the rescue operations were launched, deputy



commissioner, Kupwara, Khalid Jehangir said.

A passenger vehicle was hit by a huge avalanche of snow at Khooni Nallah near Sadhan Top on the Kupwara-Tangdhar road on Friday.

"Five bodies were recovered from the avalanche site," deputy commissioner Kupwara Khalid Jehangir said.