The Deputy Commandant of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Ashok Kumar has still not been found 24 hours after the jeep he was in met with an accident. According to the information provided by the police he was going from Srinagar to Didihat when his Gypsy fell into the Pindar river in Chamoli district. According to sources, the deputy commandant is presumably dead as the river is presently in full flow. Teams of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and SSB from Didihat are collectively searching for him.
Chamoli Superintendent of Police (SP) Yashwant Singh Chauhan said, “The search for the Deputy Commandant is still ongoing. The flow of the river is heightened due to the monsoon here.”
SP, Commandant of SDRF Tripti Bhatt said, “Our specialist team has reached the spot from Rishikesh with all the necessary equipment. The search is ongoing.”
According to the sources, for the 32 year old Deputy Commandant nearly 500 personnel are searching as of now, however the river current is making the search for him harder.