Srinagar:
A 27-year-old Amarnath Yatra pilgrim has died of cardiac arrest at Baltal base camp in Ganderbal district, police said on Monday.
Neeraj Chopra, a resident of Punjab, had reached the camp on Sunday to be part of the first batch of pilgrims to leave for the holy cave shrine, when he suffered a heart attack.
Chopra, who was immediately shifted to a hospital set up for pilgrims at the base camp, was declared brought dead by doctors, they said.
The annual Amarnath Yatra began on Monday morning from both the routes - 16 kms from Baltal in Ganderbal and the traditional 45 kms Pahalgam track in Anantnag district.
Neeraj Chopra, a resident of Punjab, had reached the camp on Sunday to be part of the first batch of pilgrims to leave for the holy cave shrine, when he suffered a heart attack.
Chopra, who was immediately shifted to a hospital set up for pilgrims at the base camp, was declared brought dead by doctors, they said.
The annual Amarnath Yatra began on Monday morning from both the routes - 16 kms from Baltal in Ganderbal and the traditional 45 kms Pahalgam track in Anantnag district.
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