Srinagar: The number of dead in a series of cloudbursts that struck on both Baltal and Pahalgam routes of
the Amarnath Yatra surged to six, following the recovery of bodies of two missing persons today.
The bodies of 32-year-old Rukhsana and her 4-year-old son Aquib were recovered today from Kullan area on Srinagar-Leh road where a cloudburst on Thursday evening, a police officer said.
Four other persons, including 15-year-old Iqra Majid and 10-year-old Momin Ahmad Baba, both residents of village Kullan in Ganderbal district, were killed in the incident.
A porter was also killed after being struck by lightning in Panjtarni area along the traditional Pahalgam route on Thursday night.
the Amarnath Yatra surged to six, following the recovery of bodies of two missing persons today.
The bodies of 32-year-old Rukhsana and her 4-year-old son Aquib were recovered today from Kullan area on Srinagar-Leh road where a cloudburst on Thursday evening, a police officer said.
Four other persons, including 15-year-old Iqra Majid and 10-year-old Momin Ahmad Baba, both residents of village Kullan in Ganderbal district, were killed in the incident.
A porter was also killed after being struck by lightning in Panjtarni area along the traditional Pahalgam route on Thursday night.
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