Mortal remains of Lt Col Abheet Singh Batth, pilot of the Rudra that crashed on Aug 3, were retrieved from a depth of 75.9 m at 1819h in the Ranjit Sagar Lake. Efforts to retrieve mortal remains of the second pilot continue reported livefist.
Days after an Indian Army helicopter crashed into J&K’s Ranjit Sagar water reservoir along with two pilots, Lt Col Abheet Singh Batth and Captain Jayant Joshi, the search operation to locate the duo along with the chopper has been intensified with a submarine rescue unit of the Indian Navy being flown into digitally explore wreckage located at a depth of around 80-100m.
Search for Captain Jayant Joshi is still on.
