Pilgrim from UP dies after falling unconscious at Sheshnag base camp

Srinagar, July 4: A pilgrim from Uttar Pradesh died after falling unconscious at Sheshnag base camp of the annual Amarnath Yatra, officials on Friday said.

The pilgrim, identified as Dileep Srivastav, a resident of Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhmipur Kheri, fell unconscious at Sheshnag base camp on the second day of the 38-day pilgrimage, the officials said.

Srivastav was immediately shifted to Sheshnag base camp hospital where he passed away, they said.