Lt Col among 2 soldiers dead, 3 officers injured after boulder hits Army vehicle in Leh

July 30, 2025

Srinagar: A Lt Colonel and an Army jawan died while three officers injured after a boulder hit an Army vehicle in the Leh area today morning, officials said.

In a post on X Army’s said that that an Army vehicle was hit by the boulder when an Army convoy was moving from Durbuk to Chongtash at around 11:30 am.

A boulder from a cliff fell on one of the vehicles of a military convoy in Ladakh, around 1130 hours. Recovery action is in progress: Indian Army pic.twitter.com/0cO86xjymU

— ANI (@ANI) July 30, 2025

He said that in the incident one Lt Col and a jawan were killed while two major rank officers and a captain were injured. “The injured have veen shifted to an Army hospital in Leh for treatment,” he said.

The deceased have been identified as Lieutenant Colonel Bhanu Pratap Singh and Lance Dafadar Daljeet Singh. The injured have been identified as Major Mayank Shubham, Major Amit Dixit and Captain Gaurav