Jodhpur:
A six-day-lengthy search operation for an Army officer came to an finish on Tuesday when his body was ultimately discovered by divers from a lake right here in the afternoon.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Neeraj Sharma stated the body of Captain Ankit Gupta was recovered from the Kalyana lake at about 3 pm and was promptly taken to the Military Hospital.
It is not confirmed but no matter if his final rites would be performed in Jodhpur or at his native location.
Captain Gupta of the 10 Para (Special Forces) unit of the Army had jumped into the lake from a helicopter with some fellow personnel in the course of an workout on Thursday afternoon.
While the other folks resurfaced promptly soon after jumping into the water, Captain Gupta failed to show up, thereby triggering the search operation.
The six-day-lengthy search operation in the lake was 1 of the longest such operations, in which a particular camera group, the MARCOS unit of the Navy, the NDRF, the SDRF, a Civil Defence group, private neighborhood divers as effectively as divers and authorities from the Army and the police tirelessly embarked upon a mission to search the drowned officer day and evening.
Sub-Inspector from the Rajiv Gandhi Nagar police station Manoj Kumar stated about 250 divers and authorities with 15 boats have been aspect of the search operation, but the thick moss and complicated rocky formations at the bottom of the lake, apart from the aqua vegetation and sticky sand, regularly thwarted their efforts.
On Monday, a group of 20 authorities with particular cameras was also roped in to allow viewing by way of the murky water of the lake.
Besides, big compressors have been pressed into service to stir the water in anticipation that the body would surface due to the waves produced by the air infused by way of the pipes.
An officer, looking for anonymity, stated although the hopes of discovering Captain Gupta alive have been diminishing steadily, nonetheless the search operation would start with a renewed vigour and determination each and every day.
Captain Gupta hailed from Haryana’s Gurugram and had been married for just more than two months. He had reached Jodhpur straight from his wedding holiday to join the workout.
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