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| Indian army extricate nine bodies from Post One on Siachen | | Hanamanthappa Koppad shifted to Army Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi | 
Partapur (Siache Base), February 9, (Scoop News)-The rescue operations which were launched by Indian army at Siachen to locate and extricate the ten soldiers buried under more than thirty feet of snow and ice after an avalanche stuck their Post in the early hours of February 3 is in progress, a defence official said on Tuesday.
"It is to the credit and dogged determination of the rescue teams which were working under extreme conditions that they have managed to extricate Lance Naik Hanamanthappa Koppad alive from under more than thirty feet of snow", he said adding "Lance Naik Hanamanthappa Koppad has exhibited a super-human feat by surviving for six days buried under snow".
He has been evacuated by air to Army Research and Referral Hospital, Delhi for a specialised medical treatment, the official informed.
He further said "it is with deep regret that we wish to confirm that mortal remains of balance of nine martyrs including a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) were also retrieved by the rescue teams and their mortal remains, after due formalities, will be flown to their home towns as soon as possible.
The details of the martyrs are as follows- Subedar Nagesha TT resident of vill Tejur, Hassan Dist, Karnataka,Havildar Elumalai M resident of vill Dukkam Parai, Vellore Dist, Tamil Nadu,Lance Havildar S Kumar resident of vill Kumanan Thozhu, Teni Dist, Tamil Nadu,Lance Naik Sudheesh B resident of vill Monroethuruth, Kollam Dist, Kerala,Sepoy Mahesha PN resident of vill HD Kote, Mysore Dist, Karnataka.Sepoy Ganesan G resident of village Chokkathevan Patti, Madurai Dist, Tamil Nadu.Sepoy Rama Moorthy N resident of vill Gudisatana Palli , Krishna Giri Dist, Tamil Nadu,Sep Mustaq Ahmed S resident of vill Parnapalle, Kurnool Dist, Andhra Pradesh,Sepoy Nursing Assistant Suryawanshi SV resident of village Maskarwadi, Satara Dist, Maharashtra.
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