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Army porters slips to death

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IANS Srinagar
Last Updated : Aug 23 2017 | 4:42 PM IST

An Army porter on Wednesday fell to death from a mountainous road in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district.

Police said the porter, Ghulam Muhammad Kasana of Quilmuqam village, slipped from the Bandipora-Gurez road into a deep gorge. "He died instantaneously," said a police officer.

The Army employs locals to carry loads to the mountainous pickets on the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.

--IANS

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