Vaishnodevi pilgrim dies of heart attack in Katra

A Vaishnodevi pilgrim has died of heart attack at Katra, the camp of Mata Vaishnodevi cave shrine, in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, an official said today.

Lankeshwari of Jharkhand, who was in her late seventies, suffered a heart attack in a guest house in Katra, when she was on its way to Vaishnodevi cave shrine along with her family last evening, the official said.

She later died, they said, adding that the body was handed over to family after completing legal formalities.