Two soldiers feared drowned in J-K’s Poonch

Two Army soldiers were feared drowned in a swollen stream in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Saturday, officials said.

The soldiers were crossing the Dogra nallah at Poshana in Surankote area when they were swept away by flash floods triggered by heavy rains, the officials said.

A joint rescue operation by the Army, police and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) is on but there was no trace of the soldiers who were swept away by the strong current, they said.