JODHPUR: Captain Ankit Gupta, 28, of 10 Para (Special Forces), who jumped into the Kalyana Lake in Jodhpur as part of a routine exercise, has still not been traced despite an intensive search operation.
Rajiv Gandhi Nagar police station SHO Jai Kishan Soni said the search had continued till late evening on Thursday and resumed on Friday morning. “On Friday, a team of NDRF was also roped in to look for the officer along with SDRF, civil defence and private divers, apart from Army teams,” said Soni, adding that death cannot be confirmed until the body of the officer was found. Captain Gupta, a part of the Army’s specialised unit for desert warfare, had got married on November 23, an IANS report said.
Army s captain of desert warfare specialised unit feared drowned: Rajasthan Police
As a part of the exercise, some jawans had jumped into the lake from a helicopter to hone their skills in saving a drowning person.
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JODHPUR: A captain of Army s 10 Para (Special Forces) was feared drowned in a lake here on Thursday during a training exercise to rescue people trapped in water bodies, said police.
Captain Ankit Gupta of 10 Para (SF), the Army s specialised unit for desert warfare, jumped into the Kalyana lake from a helicopter as part of the training exercise, but could not come up with other trainees, Rajiv Gandhi Nagar police station s SHO Jai Kishan Soni said.