Tarsar Lake Incident: Tourist guide's body found 400 meters away from accident spot
Search for second body is on
Posted on Jun 23, 2022 | Author Shafat Mir
The body of one of the missing hikers in Tarsar mishap has been found some 400 meters away from the accident spot in Hamvas valley of Aru.
Local rescuers along with three personnel from Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering and Winter Sports is the only team which has gone up to the mountains today morning to search for the two missing hikers which included a local tour guide Shakeel Ahmed and a tourist from Uttarakhand, Dr Mahesh.
A local from Aru while talking to Rising Kashmir said, "Nobody from civil administration is helping in search of body of missing Hiker. If the authorities push in, then the searches can instensify."
He said, " Only three personnel from JIMWS are helping locals in search of the body of missing tourist. The body of Shakeel has been brought to Pahalgam hospital and from where it will be taken to his native place in Ganderbal."