Missing for 8 months, army jawan’s body found buried under snow near LoC
Failing to find his body, the army had declared him a ‘martyr’ in June and communicated the same to his family in a letter on June 21.
Editorial Staff
Missing for 8 months, army jawan’s body found buried under snow near LoC
The body of an Indian army jawan, missing since January, was found on Saturday near the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir. Havaldar Rajendra Singh Negi’s family was subsequently informed about it later that night. He was 36.
Negi, who was attached to Indian Army’s 11 Garhwal Rifles, had gone missing in January this year after accidentally slipping into heavy snow while on duty near LoC in Gulmarg area of Kashmir.
Failing to find his body, the army had declared him a ‘martyr’ in June and communicated the same to his family in a letter on June 21. However, his wife Rajeshwari Devi had refused to accept him as a martyr saying she won’t do so until she “sees his body with her own eyes”.
On Saturday, on the occasion of Independence Day, Negi’s army unit informed his family members about finding his body.
Negi’s uncle Raghuveer Singh Negi, who received the call from the army unit, said, “I received the call about the tragic news from his unit on Saturday late evening. They said that his bod…
