Srinagar: Four persons including a couple were killed in cloud burst and lightning strike incidents at two different locations in central and South Kashmir districts on Saturday, officials said.
A senior police officer said that a cloudburst killed two persons namely Hilal Ahmed Hanji (25) and his wife Rozia Jan (25) in Bujbagh area of Pampore in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district this afternoon.
Separately, two persons were killed when lightning struck them at a high-altitude meadow in Mujpathri area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district.
The deceased were identified as Taja Begum, wife of Abdus Samad Chopan and Mohammad Sultan Chopan, son-in-law of Ghulam Mohammad Chopan, residents of Gurwaith Kalan village.
Police have taken cognisance.
(GNS)
