Delhi pilgrim dies en route to Vaishno Devi shrine

Jammu, July 21

A 30-year-old man from Delhi died of suspected heart attack en route to the cave shrine of Vaishno Devi in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, a police official said on Saturday.

Mukesh Sharma, a resident of Delhi’s Rohini, fell unconscious near battery car point along the new track to the cave shrine on Friday evening and was later declared brought dead by doctors at a dispensary near by, the official said.

He said the pilgrim was accompanied by his wife and the couple were on way to the shrine to offer their prayers when he apparently suffered the massive heart attack and fell down.

His body was brought to a health centre at Katra and is being handed over to his family for last rites, the official said. PTI