India News | ITBP Jawans Rescue Official Trapped in Snow-filled Ditch in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh
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Pithoragarh (U'khand), Aug 6 (PTI) The life of a foodgrains inspector was saved by ITBP jawans on Friday after he slipped into deep snow on the Milam route.
Mohit Vijay Kumar, a foodgrains inspector based in the Munsyari sub-division of Uttarakhand, was returning after inspecting ration availability in villages when he slipped off a glacier and started sinking deep into snow, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) sources said.
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"I started crying for help and was fortunately heard by an ITBP team on patrol. They reached the spot immediately and pulled me out of the snow and rock-filled ditch," the official said while recounting his experience.
His retrieval did not take more than 17 minutes, the official said.
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