Two Indian Army soldiers killed watermanship training exercise

HATHNIKUND, INDIA, 2 Spetember 2026 (TON): The Indian Army authorities confirmed death of two missing soldiers after boat capsizes in Yamuna at Hathnikund Barrage. A search and rescue operation was underway on Wednesday to trace two Army soldiers , however, their bodies could not be found.

Teams attempted to retrieve the boat, but it became trapped in strong eddies around the sluice gates and subsequently capsized, sweeping the crew away in the fast-moving water.

A joint search and rescue operation involving the Army, Air Force, local police and civil administration was launched following the incident. Brigade Commander told three commandos were rescued, while two crew members remain missing who are feared dead. It was also told that an Indian soldier was killed during a routine military exercise in Sri Ganganagar Rajasthan when an army tank sank in the Indira Gandhi Canal. It was told that it seems impossible that dead bodies could be recovered.