5 Army jawans feared dead in avalanche in Himachal near China border

A soldier died and five jawans of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police were injured in the avalanche.

Five Army jawans were feared dead in an avalanche near the Sino-India border in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district on Wednesday, officials said.

Five jawans of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) were also injured in the avalanche, they added. An Army jawan was found dead, but there was no trace of five others, Kinnaur Deputy Commissioner Gopal Chand said.

The deceased jawan was identified as Rakesh Kumar, 41, of Ghumarpur village in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh, Kinnaur Superintendent of Police (SP) Sakshi Verma told PTI, adding that the jawans belonged to the 7 JAK Rifles unit of the Army.

Kumar's body has been