Kathua chopper crash: Naval searchers continue to scour Ranjit Sagar lake to find co-pilot

Naval searchers had been trying to trace the co-pilot in the Ranjit Sagar Dam reservoir in Basohli area of Kathua district, but success has so far eluded them, officials said on Tuesday.

On Sunday, body of one of the two pilots on board the Rudra helicopter that had crashed into the lake was found after 12 days of the incident.

Kathua senior superintendent of police (SSP) Ramesh Chander Kotwal said, “Body of the pilot, Lieutenant Colonel AS Batth, was retrieved from the Ranjit Sagar lake around 6.30pm on Sunday while search for the co-pilot (a captain) are on. There is no further progress.”