Man dies in avalanche

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Press Trust of India Srinagar
Last Updated : Mar 23 2014 | 4:56 PM IST
A person today died after he came under an avalanche at Kangan area in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir, a police official here said.
Abdul Rashid Bijran, a resident of Padpati Poshkar in Kangan area, came under the avalanche while he was on the way to collect firewoods from a nearby forest, he said.
The body was recovered by local residents and later it was handed over to his relatives for the last rites, he said.

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First Published: Mar 23 2014 | 4:56 PM IST

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