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Two women killed in cloudburst in J&K's Kishtwar

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Press Trust of India Jammu

Two women died on Saturday after they were struck by a cloudburst in a remote village in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

Hajra Begum (32) and Gulshana Bano (18) were collecting firewood when they were hit by the cloudburst at Badwari in Chatroo area in the evening, a police official said.

He said both the women died on the spot in the incident and their bodies were later handed over to their families for the last rites.

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First Published: May 02 2020 | 8:06 PM IST

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