Bodies Of 8 Army Personnel Who Went Missing In Sikkim Flash Floods Recovered

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said efforts are on to rescue the other 14 missing soldiers.

The bodies of eight Army personnel, who were part of a group of soldiers that went missing following flash floods in Sikkim, have been recovered, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday.

Twenty-three Army personnel went missing in Sikkim after a cloudburst triggered massive flash floods in the Teesta river on Wednesday. One soldier was rescued later that day.

In a post on X, Mr Singh said he is deeply pained by the tragic loss of precious lives, including eight Army personnel, in the flash floods.