The body of Indian mountaineer Ravi Kumar has been successfully retrieved from Mt. Everest and brought to Kathmandu. A team of 10 high-altitude expert climbers arrived the spot on Friday morning and successfully lifted the body from 200-metre-deep crevasse near the summit.<br/> <br/>The body was brought to Lukla on Sunday morning and later flown to Kathmandu by a special chopper. Bodies of two more Indian mountaineers Paresh Nath and Gautam Ghosh were also brought to Kathmandu. Both of them were died last year on Mt. Everest. Post-mortem of all dead bodies would be conducted at local hospital and after that bodies will be sent to India at the earliest.<br/> <br/>Indian embassy in Nepal provided all necessary support to retrieve body of Ravi Kumar, a resident of Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh. He was missing since May 20 after successfully climbing Mt. Everest, the highest peak of the world. Ravi Kumar was found dead on May 22 and his body was spotted in a 200-metre-deep crevasse near the summit.
News On AIR | May 28, 2017 7:59 PM
Mountaineer Ravi Kumar body successfully retrieved from Mt. Everest