EARLY TIMES REPORT
Srinagar, June 24 : An Amarnath yatri from Himachal Pradesh died at base camp Baltal due to cardiac arrest, official sources said today.
The 54-year-old pilgrim, Gopi Chand, resident of village Kohni in Shimla district, suffered a massive heart attack at Baltal base camp. He was immediately shifted to medical camp where he was declared dead. So far a total of four pilgrims, including a woman yatri, had died since the commencement of the pilgrimage on June 16.
On June 17, a landslide on Baltal Cave route killed a local porter and injured another.
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