Siachen glacier: Missing Indian soldier’s body found after 38 years

The body of an Indian soldier who went missing in the Himalayas 38 years ago has been found. Chandrashekhar Harbola and 19 colleagues were caught in an avalanche during a patrolling operation in the Siachen glacier along the India-Pakistan border in 1984. Fifteen bodies were recovered later but five remained missing. Siachen is the world’s highest battlefield and soldiers from both countries die in storms and avalanches. The army unit that spotted Harbola’s body also found another one but it was yet to be identified, PTI news agency reported. Harbola’s family, who live in Haldwani district in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, said the discovery would give them closure. A funeral with full military honours has been planned in his village.(BBC)…[+]