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| No stampede in Amarnath, one died of heart attack: Officials | | | Early Times Reporter
Srinagar | June 19
Dismissing reports of any stampede near the Amarnath cave shrine on Thursday, officials said that the only death that occurred was of a 40-year-old man of a heart attack, while on his way to the Amarnath shrine in South Kashmir Himalayas.
Vikria Parveen Bhai, a resident of Rajkote in Gujarat, died of cardiac arrest at the 3,880 metre high holy cave this morning, sources said.
The death of the pilgrims has raised the number of devotees who passed away during the ongoing Yatra to four.
A volunteer working in a community kitchen died at Brarimarg on Monday. Two pilgrims died en route to the cave at Brarimarg and Baltal base camps on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Barring the natural death of a pilgrim, the Yatra is proceeding smoothly; sources said denying reports of a stampede near the cave shrine.
A record number of 36,433 pilgrims offered their prayers at the holy cave yesterday - the day the Yatra officially commenced, sources said adding that this was the highest number of devotees who visited the shrine on a single day.
Meanwhile, fresh groups of devotees left for the shrine from Baltal and Nunwan base camps this morning.
While 12,184 pilgrims were allowed from Baltal route, all the 4972 pilgrims who had reached Nunwan base camp on the 46-km Pahalgam route in Anantnag district left for the holy cave, sources said. |
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