NIT students’ bodies brought to Sundernagar for post-mortem

MANDI: The bodies of the two missing students of the National Institute of Technology NIT Hamirpur were brought to Sundernagar this evening for the postmortem and thereafter it will be handed over to the families

Updated At : 07:05 AM Jan 15, 2017 IST

A rescue team on the way back to Janjehli from Shikari hills with the body of NIT students on Saturday. Photo: Jai Kumar

Tribune News Service

Mandi, January 14

The bodies of the two missing students of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Hamirpur were brought to Sundernagar this evening for the post-mortem and, thereafter, it will be handed over to the families.

Akshay Kumar of Sujanpur Tihra and Navneet Rana of Bilaspur had gone missing since January 6 from the institute to visit Shikari Devi temple situated at 3,359 meters in Mandi district.

Their bodies had been retrieved from the snow-laden area by rescue teams yesterday. They died because of freezing temperature.

The bodies were found on the way near Shikari Devi temple but could not be lifted because of tough terrain. Rescue teams comprising the police, mountaineering volunteers and locals brought the bodies to Janjehli on foot this morning.

DSP Hitesh Lakhan Pal stated that the bodies had been brought to Sundernagar and tomorrow post-mortem would be conducted.