2 AP pilgrims die on way to Amarnath

Srinagar: Two pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh died on Monday on the way to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas due to various causes, taking the death toll in this year's yatra to six.

Thota Rathnam, a 75-year-old woman from Chagallu in West Godavari district, died of suspected cardiac arrest in a community kitchen at Baltal base camp on Tuesday morning, a police official said. Radha Krishna Sastry (65), hailing from Anantapur also died of cardiac arrest at Sangam near the holy cave, the official said. He said the bodies of the deceased pilgrims have been kept at the Baltal base camp hospital.