Srinagar: Security forces on Saturday concluded a five-day search operation in the dense Gadole forest area of Kokernag in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district after recovering the bodies of two Indian Army soldiers who went missing during a counter-terror operation earlier this week.

The soldiers, Lance Havildar Palash Ghosh and Lance Naik Sujay Ghosh, were part of a paratrooper unit engaged in tracking and neutralising terrorists hiding in the Kishtwar forests.

They went missing five days ago, coinciding with a sudden snowstorm that severely hampered visibility and movement in the rugged, forested terrain, according to Army sources.

The body of the first soldier was recovered on Friday, while the second was found on Saturday, both from the same forested area.

A security official said th

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