Bodies of two NIITians recovered under snow in HP

Heavy snowfall in Himachal Pradesh has claimed two more lives, as the bodies of two missing students of NIIT, Hamirpur trapped under snow were recovered by the rescue team on Friday.

The two had gone to visit Shikari Devi shrine situated at 9350 feet high above sea level last Friday and had been missing since then. Confirming the development Sub Division Magistrate Janjayali, Ashwani Kumar said that police rescue team traced out bodies at Shikari Devi under Saraj valley, Mandi.

The victims have been identified as Navneet Kumar of Barmana, Bilaspur and Akshya Kumar of Sujjanpur, Hamirpur.

The matter had come to light, when the relatives of the deceased lodged missing reports on Thursday. Both had left home to visit the shrine around a week back. As the State had witnessed heavy snowfall in between, two police parties were deputed to trace the whereabouts of the missing. The rescue operation culminated at around 4 pm on Friday evening, when the bodies of the two were recovered from under the snow.

The deceased had gone to the shrine with a group of MBA students, and were trapped in a blizzard last week.