Naran snowstorm: No clue of missing constables

Two of the miners were killed while others were shifted to Behsar police post in Naran valley


Our Correspondent October 30, 2015

MANSEHRA:


Police and rescue workers have yet to find the three police constables who went missing in the aftermath of snowstorm that hit the Naran Valley on Sunday.


A contingent of ten policemen went to rescue the 17 miners trapped by avalanche in their base camp near the ruby mines of Behsar on Sunday. Two of the miners were killed while others were shifted to Behsar police post in Naran valley. However all the miners and policemen were stranded due to heavy snowfall. On Tuesday evening, according to police sources, four constables decided to reach Naran by foot.


Published in The Express Tribune, October 30th, 2015.

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