Indian army rescues a civilian half buried under snow in Kashmir

The Indian
Army’s XV Corps unit on Wednesday shared a video of how they rescued a civilian
trapped under snow in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar.

The soldiers
can be seen digging snow so as to rescue Tariq Iqbal of Lacchipura village, who
was hit by a snow slide and was half buried in it on Tuesday. In a tweet, the
unit expressed how they were relieved to find Iqbal alive and rejoiced when he
responded.

Chinar Corps tweeted:

Tariq Iqbal
and Zahoor Ahmed Khan, both residents of Lacchipura were on the road from
Lachhipura to Bijhama village early Tuesday when they were hit by a snow slide
and were soon extricated by the Indian Army. After the search that went on for
20 minutes, Iqbal was stabilised and evacuated to Baramulla, Chinar Corps had
said in an earlier tweeted. Zahoor Ahmed Khan was discharged after examination.

The incident
occurred approximately 200 metres from the post of Lacchipura company operating
base and the guard commander who was taking rounds saw the civilians and
immediately alerted the Quick Reaction Team, officials said.