Mountaineering

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On June 3, a helicopter spotted five bodies and climbing equipment in the snow, at a height of about 5,000 metres but attempts to drop troops by air to retrieve them were aborted due to the risks. (Hugh Fraser)

ABHAYA SRIVASTAVA

Bodies of foreign climbers retrieved from Indian mountain

A group of mountaineers from the paramilitary Indo-Tibetan Border Police found the seven bodies near an unnamed peak on Nanda Devi East.

Abhaya Srivastava