The body of the second pilot of the helicopter, which crashed in Ranjit Sagar Dam in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua on August 3, has been recovered after 76 days, said the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday.
An Army Aviation ALH Dhruv helicopter that took off from Pathankot in Punjab met with the accident during a routine sortie near Ranjit Sagar Dam, sources had said.
The Ranjit Sagar Dam constructed by the Punjab Irrigation Department on the Ravi River lies on the border of Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab.
RC Kotwal, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kathua had informed that some part of the crashed chopper floating in the lake has been recovered.
( With inputs from ANI )
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