Body of 26-year-old Man Buried Under Snow in Machil Retrieved

Jahangir Lolabi

Srinagar, Feb 17 : Few hours after coming under a snow-slide, body of a 26-year-old civilian was recovered in Machil area in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, officials said.

They told GNS that one Aijaz Ahmad Tantray, son of Ghulam Hassan Tantray, resident of Ringbala, who was alongside his wife, came under a snowslide near Kul Bugh this afternoon.

While his wife had a narrow escape, Tantray got trapped under the snow, they said.

A rescue operation was soon after launched by locals and the army at the site, they said adding after a few hours of operation the body was retrieved this evening. (GNS)