J&K: Two tourists from West Bengal killed in in avalanche
According to reports, the cab (JK10- 5859), which was carrying three tourists from Kolkata, was on its way to Ladakh when a snow avalanche hit the area and buried the Xylo on reaching Khardlunga, a mountain pass, at an altitude of over 5,300m in the region.
In the incident, four people, three of them from a family and the cab driver identified as Abdul Haq were hit by the avalanche.
Two tourists were identified as Foumy Basu and Rajshree Basu.
They died while another tourist Palaman Basu and driver Abdul Haq were rescued in injured condition and shifted to a hospital.
(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)
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