By Tenzin Dharpo
DHARAMSHALA, Nov. 15: A Tibetan soldier from the Special Frontier Force has died during an accident that occurred on a training drill. The body of the deceased was recovered on Sunday after 12-hour search conducted by National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and local police, sources said.
Tashi Dawa, 39, from Tibetan settlement in Bylakupper in Mysuru district perished during a night para-jump from a helicopter on Saturday night (Nov. 11). He was undergoing training at the Aviation Research Centre (ARC) at the Charbatia air base, which is 10 km north of Cuttack, Odisha in eastern India, The Strategic Times reported.
“His body was found from Haripur water reservoir, which is about 25 kms from Mangarajpur training base, and was taken back to the ARC campus,” the report mentioned. However there is no clear cause of death ascertained and post-mortem reports have not been made public. Since the body was recovered from water, the cause of death is suspected to be drowning.
The police registered a case of unnatural death (UD) as they were unable to ascertain the reason behind the trainee paratrooper’s death. The FIR was registered after the police received a written complaint from the authorities of Aviation Research Centre.
Chowdar police said that Tashi Dawa’s parachute and helmet were first located by the search teams near the water reservoir and his body was later recovered from the reservoir after an intense and thorough search through a joint operation.
