The NCO's body, which was recovered on August 22 by an expedition of the Dogra Scouts of Western Command, was today brought to his village.
His is the fifth body to be recovered of the 102 personnel on board the IAF AN-12 transport aircraft which undertook a flight to Leh from here in February, 1968.
The mortal remains of the NCO, who belonged to the Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, was flown in to the Western Command headquarters at Chandimandir on an IAF chopper yesterday.
Despite the inclement weather in the higher reaches of the mountain ranges, Army ensured that the mortal remains reached Manali by road from where it was transported by an IAF helicopter, a defence release said here today.
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