ITBP recovers bodies of seven missing mountaineers on their way to Nanda Devi peak

Dehradun, June 24: After struggling for nearly ten days, Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) mountaineers have discovered the seven dead bodies believed to be of the missing mountaineers near an unnamed peak near Nanda Devi East, District Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand today.

 

The seven bodies include a woman also. The search for the 8th missing mountaineer will be carried out today. These bodies were traced at an altitude of appx 21000 feet near the peak from where the Mountaineers were reported missing on 26th May 2019.

The ITBP had launched search operation last week from Pithoragarh to search the missing mountaineers in which 4 were British, 2 were Americans, and 1 each from Australia and India. The team reached the spot at 10.30 am on Sunday. After analysing the incident site search team started the search of missing mountaineers and recovered bodies of seven mountaineers including one woman and one Indian Mountaineer.

 

After five hours of continuous efforts, the ITBP mountaineers were able to retrieve these seven bodies and kept them at a safe place nearby. Some mountaineering equipment was also recovered from the site by the search team.

The route to the peak begins from Munsiyari, about 132 km from the Pithoragarh district headquarters. The district is about 456 km from the state capital Dehradun.