NEW DELHI: ITBP jawans Narender Singh and Biman Biswas abandoned their dreams to summit Mount Dhaulagiri, the world’s 7th tallest peak, and suffered severe frost bite injuries just to save their sick buddy at the icy heights of over 8,000 metres.
The three troops, including Krishna Prasad Gurung, also scripted a miraculous escape as they survived the sub-zero temperatures without food and shelter for over 50 hours, with their base camp frantically looking for their “missing” colleagues.
A total of five jawans of the Sino-India border guarding force, flagged off for the expedition from here on March 10, were air-lifted from the base camp of the 8,167-metre tall peak located in Nepal and admitted to the AIIMS Trauma Centre on May 24.
While Singh has been put on a long drawn treatment for the next three months to cure his hands and legs from the severe frostbite injuries, Biswas, Gurung and two others were being administered oxygen therapy to restore their normal condition. (AGENCIES)
Follow our WhatsApp channel
