Vaishno Devi pilgrim from Jharkhand dies in Jammu and Kashmir

A 63-year-old pilgrim from Jharkhand died on Tuesday after falling unconscious enroute Vaishno Devi cave shrine in Trikuta hills of Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, police said.

Duryodhan Pradhan, a resident of Chakradharpur area of Jharkhand, was on his way to Bhawan (abode of Goddess) when he suddenly fell unconscious, they said.

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He was immediately rushed to a nearby community health centre where doctors declared him brought dead, a police official said.

The body would be handed over to his family members after completion of legal formalities, the official said.