Karnal, Sept. 4 -- The bodies of two Para Special Forces (SF) soldiers who went missing after being swept away during a training exercise at the Hathnikund Barrage in Haryana's Yamunanagar district were recovered on Thursday and Wednesday night.

The body of the first missing soldier was recovered along the Yamuna river bank near Bartha village in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district, 14km downstream from the barrage. He was identified as Ajay Kumar from Akhnoor, Jammu and Kashmir, according to police officers aware of the matter.

Divers and residents retrieved the second body nearly 200km downstream near a local market in Jind city, Haryana, said Ramesh Kumar, a retired captain of 1 Para SF residing in Jind. He identified the deceased as...