Police on Tuesday rescued 13 persons trapped in a snow-bound mountain pass in the hilly Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir.
A senior police officer said that the 13 trapped inside two vehicles because of snowfall in the Sinthan Pass that connects the Kishtwar with the Kashmir Valley were rescued after a five-hour long rescue operation.
"All the rescued persons - nine men, a woman, an infant and two drivers of the vehicles - have been shifted to safety and are hale and hearty," the officer said.
--IANS
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