Two bodies of martyred soldiers found during last 24 hours at Gayari sector, Siachen, have been identified as of Sepoy Nisar Hussain from village Kawrdu, district Skardu and Sepoy Sajjad Kazmi, from Chakaar, Muzaffarabad, and Azad Kashmir. According to a spokesman of Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) here on Saturday, with the recovery of bodies of two soldiers, the total number of bodies recovered so far from huge avalanche at Gayari reaches 15.
It may be mentioned here that 139 soldiers including some civilians of 6 Northern Light Infantry Battalion came under a huge snow slide early Saturday morning (April 7, 2012) in Gayari sector near Skardu.