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3 buried by avalanche rescued

SRINAGAR, FEB. 8. In a massive operation launched by 49 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) three personnel out of the 10 declared missing were rescued from the avalanche yesterday at Jawahar Tunnel on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway.

At least six Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel were killed, 12 injured and 10 others were missing after the avalanche hit their three Igloo huts.

A Defence Ministry spokesman said the rescued men have been identified as Constable Ram Narain Tiwary and Constable Ravi Shanker Tiwari both of 7 ITBP and Constable Ghulam Rasool of Jammu and Kashmir police. — UNI

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