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Falling boulder kills man asleep in tent in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam
He was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him dead, the officials said.
Updated on: Jul 12, 2026, 14:54:16 IST
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A 27-year-old man was killed after being hit by a dislodged boulder from a mountain in the Pahalgam area of Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district, officials said on Sunday.
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Shabir Ahmad Shah was hit by the boulder when he was asleep in his tent at the Eidgah in Chandanwari during the intervening night of Saturday-Sunday, they said.
He was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him dead, the officials said.
A resident of Aishmuqam, Shah worked as a labourer in Chandanwari, which falls on the yatra route to the cave shrine of Amarnath.
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