Jammu, March 9 An army soldier went missing during a river crossing exercise in the Sunderbani sector of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, prompting the launch of a joint rescue operation to locate him, officials said.
They said the incident occurred in the Manawar river in the Khour area, and a team from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) joined the Army and police in the operation to locate him.
"During a river crossing training exercise conducted in the general area of Sunderbani, Sepoy Akshit Sharma was reported missing around 12 pm today (Monday). Extensive search operations are underway, with all available resources of the Indian Army and civil agencies being used to locate the soldier," the White Knight Corps of the Army said in a post on X.
Officials said an army unit was conducting a training exercise in the water body as part of routine operational preparedness.
Divers and specialized rescue equipment have been deployed, and the search operation is ongoing, they said.