AMN

The body of one of the five missing Army jawans has been recovered from Naugam Handwara sector in Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir, .

A Defence spokesman told media that the body of Sepoy Koushal Singh was recovered after around five-days of search operation in difficult mountainous terrain in Handwara sector.

He said, the operation to trace the remaining jawans is continuing.

Three soldiers went missing early last Tuesday after an avalanche hit an Army post in Kanzalwan Gurez area of Bandipora district following heavy snowfall.

Two more soldiers slipped down the mountainous slope in Nowgam Handwara sector the same day.