On Tuesday, an avalanche struck the Siachen base camp in Ladakh, resulting in the deaths of three Army personnel, including two Agniveers.

According to reports, an Army captain was successfully rescued after being trapped for nearly five hours, as stated by unnamed officials.

The deceased soldiers were part of the Mahar Regiment and hailed from Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, and Jharkhand.

They have been identified as Sepoy Mohit Kumar, Agniveer Niraj Kumar Choudhary, and Agniveer Dabhi Rakesh Devabhai, as confirmed by the Army.

Siachen is known as the highest and coldest battlefield globally, where avalanches are common due to extreme temperatures that can plummet to minus 60 degrees Celsius.

In a similar incident in 2021, two Army personnel lost their lives due to an avalanche in the same region.

Additionally, in 2019, an avalanche on the glacier resulted in the deaths of four soldiers and two porters.