A rescue team from the Rashtriya Rifles army trudge through the snowy Lolab forests in north Kashmir’s Cupwara district early on January 23.

According to reports, the army recovered the bodies of two huntsmen, who had allegedly been swept away by a snow avalanche the day before.

The two men were reported missing after a fellow hunter lost them in the forest.

The mobile footage contains images of a covered body laying on a stretcher, surrounded by the rescue team.

Lolab Avalanche: Two Hunters dead


Bodies of two hunters who were swept away by a snow avalanche in Lolab forests of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district yesterday have been recovered by a rescue team of army’s 18 Rashtriya Rifles.

Official sources told GNS that bodies of Bashir Ahmad Hajam son of Mohd Younis and Mamdin Hajam son Najamdin of Ring Warnow were recovered by the rescue team, quipped with latest tools.

“Bodies have been seen and are being recovered,” Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Kupwara Ambarkar Shriram Dinkar told GNS when contacted.

Yesterday, three persons left home for hunting in nearby Rang Warnow forest area. One of them returned by evening and informed the police and administration that there was a snow avalanche in the area. He said there was a possibility that both of them might have been swept away by the avalanche as he could not found them.

Following the information, local police and army launched a rescue operation to trace the duo, officials said.

The incident on 23 January.at 4pm.. rescue started ion 24 early morning.

The missing persons have been identified as Bashir Ahmad Hajam son of Mohd Younis and Mamdin Hajam son Najamdin of Ring Warnow.

On February 24 last year, three hunters—Bashir Ahmad, Ghulam Mohammad, and Mohammad Altaf—came under an avalanche at Guchibal Behak in the LoLab. Their Bodies were recovered by the army after six days.