Rescue teams fail to trace paraglider

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Palampur, January 17

A search and rescue operation led by Col Neeraj Rana, Director of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports, was initiated this morning to rescue Rohit Badhoria, who went missing on Friday last after taking off from Billing. So far, the rescue teams have failed to trace the missing paraglider.

Today, there was little hope when the probable location of the missing paraglider was provided by Harmit Singh of Exsul Travel, a local travel operator and Sandeep, owner, Nitya Café.

A helicopter was dedicated to this operation by Air Himalayas CEO Amitabh Sharma. The specialists in the team were Capt Sanjeev Kumar, the pilot, Chuni Thakur, an accomplished mountaineer and skier who is also a certified rescue specialist.

Despite being unable to find the paraglider during this operation, Col Rana said, “We should be hopeful and never lose hope.”