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Srinagar, Jan 15: Body of an individual coming under a landslide in Kuntwara Kishtwar, has been recovered by authorities this evening, officials said. 

They told that a rescue operation was launched after a man entrusted with overseeing a road work in Kuntwara area in Kishtwar went missing as a landslide occurred this afternoon. 

“After hours of strenuous efforts, the rescue team, which included SDRF and Police, recovered the body and shifted it to PHC Kishtwar for necessary medico-legal formalities”, they said. 

The deceased has been identified as Ganesh Das, a resident of Tagood Kishtwar. (GNS)