Srinagar, June 20: Ten pilgrims from J&K including six from Srinagar district have died due to the heatwave while performing Hajj.
Sources told Srinagar based news agency Kashmir Scroll that 10 pilgrims include six from Srinagar, two from Kulgam and one each from Baramulla and Jammu.
The deceased pilgrims from Srinagar include Jana Begum of Check Lachmanpora Karewa Damodar; Manzoor Ahmad Rangrez of Fair Bank Colony Rawalpora; Rifat of Fair Bank Colony Rawalpora, Tahira of Chattabal; and Sara Begum of Majeed Bagh Sanat Nagar.
Pilgrims from Kulgam include Hafeeza Bano of Kharbrari Yaripora; and Muneera Banoo of Hambatan Pora Okey Kulgam; while pigrims from Baramulla and Jammu include Bashir Ahmed Waza of Badambagh Sopore and Aziza Begum of Gujjar Nagar Jammu respectively.
