At least 7 Army soldiers killed as vehicle falls into river in Ladakh

TIL Desk/National/Ladakh/ Seven Army soldiers were killed and 19 others injured in the Tuktuk sector of Ladakh on Friday when the vehicle they were travelling skidded off the road and fell into the Shyok river, Army officials said.

They have been identified as Subedar Shinde Vijay Rao Sarjerao, Naib Subedar Gurudyal Sahu, Lance Havaldar MD Saijal T, Naiks Sandeep Pal, Jadav Prashant Shivaji and Ramanuj Kumar, and Lance Naik Bappaditya Khutia. The accident took place at around 9 am at a place that is around 25 km from Thoise, they said.Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was ‘anguished’ over the bus accident.

“Anguished by the bus accident in Ladakh in which we have lost our brave army personnel. My thoughts are with the bereaved families. I hope those injured recover at the earliest. All possible assistance is being given to the affected,” Modi said in a tweet.