Seven Army personnel who were struck by an avalanche in a high altitude area of Kameng Sector in Arunachal Pradesh on February 6 have been confirmed dead.
The Army said in a statement that the area has been reporting inclement weather with heavy snowfall for the last several days.
According to the Indian Army, the bodies have been retrieved from the avalanche site.
The Army had airlifted search and rescue teams to the location.
The Chume Gyater area is around 100 km from the district headquarters of Tawang.
The seven soldiers belonged to the 19th Jammu & Kashmir Rifles, an infantry regiment of the Indian Army.
