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Gangtok: An Indian Army soldier died after a raft capsized in the Teesta River during a training exercise in Pakyong district of Sikkim state.<\/p>\nGangtok: An Indian Army soldier died after a raft capsized in the Teesta River during a training exercise in Pakyong district of Sikkim state.<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, a senior officer said the accident occurred during an annual rafting training programme for soldiers when a raft struck a damaged structure of a bridge and capsized in the river, and the soldier was swept away.<\/p>\n
The iron bridge was damaged and fell into the river during the 2023 floods.<\/p>\n
An operation was immediately launched by the Army along with a team from Teesta Rescue Centre, he said.<\/p>\n
The body was recovered from the downstream of the river at Tar Khola under the Kalimpong district of West Bengal, and was sent for post-mortem examinations, the officer said.<\/p>\n
The deceased was identified as Lance Naik Rajasekhar of the 191 Artillery Regiment, he said.<\/p>\n
The rafting was underway between Bardang and Rangpo Mining when the accident occurred, he said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gangtok: An Indian Army soldier died after a raft capsized in the Teesta River during a training exercise in Pakyong district of Sikkim state. According to Kashmir Media Service, a senior officer said the accident occurred during an annual rafting training programme for soldiers when a raft struck a damaged structure of a bridge and …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":190989,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"yoast_head":"\n