3 pilgrims injured as stone rolls down near Vaishnodevi shrine

Three pilgrims, including a 10-year-old boy, were injured after a big stone rolled down and hit them near cave shrine of Mata Vaishnodevi in Reasi district here today.

"A big stone rolled down and hit three pilgrims near gate number-3 of the cave shrine today," a police spokesperson said.

Abhay, from Aligarh, is seriously injured and was admitted to Community Health Centre in Katra.

The other two injured pilgrims are 20-year-old Surjeet Barman from West Bengal and 30-year-old Rajiv Singh from Rajasthan.

All three have been hospitalised.