"army-chopper"

The Army chopper crashed in the hill district's Marwah area, the officials said. Further details are awaited.

The chopper, which was flying an operational sortie near Bomdila, lost contact with Air Traffic Control (ATC) around 9.15 am, Lt Col. Mahendra Rawat said.

Kathua Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shalinder Mishra confirmed this information.