Search operation continues for missing Amarnath pilgrim
Search operation is being carried out to find the Amarnath yatri, who went missing in Ganderbal district after jumping off a railing.
Surinder Pal Arora, a resident of Ludhiana, was trekking from Brarimarg to Railpathri in a group of seven when high-altitude sickness gripped him, police said. Arora “exhibited erratic behaviour, started running up and down, took cold water showers, and later jumped from the railing near Z-Morh, near a glacier,” they said.
Police, Mountain Rescue Teams, and SDRF, NDRF, JKAP, have been pressed into service to look for him. Drones have been deployed.
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