New Delhi: Three days after his miraculous rescue from beneath tonnes of snow following an avalanche that hit his post in Siachen Glacier at a height of 19,600 feet, Lance Naik Hanamanthappa Koppad breathed his last at Army Research and Referral Hospital in the national capital yesterday.

Army chief Gen. Dalbir Singh Suhag, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha and Navy Cheif, Admiral Robin K. Dhowan pay last respect to Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad at Brar square, New Delhi, yesterday. Pics/PTI