Siachen: Two Indian army officers burned to death when their shelter caught fire in the disputed Siachen glacier area of the Himalayas. Two soldiers were injured when they tried to rescue the officers on Thursday night, an army spokesman said.An inquiry has been ordered into how the fire started, he added.
Siachen borders the Pakistani- and Indian-administered portions of disputed Kashmir and is regarded as the world’s highest battlefield.
India believes that the glacier is of vital, strategic and diplomatic value.
The two countries agreed a ceasefire deal over the Siachen glacier in 2003 but thousands of troops are deployed in the region.
