Officials on Sunday confirmed death of four members of a nomad family, including three minors, owing to a cloudburst that occurred in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir.
According to them, the cloudburst occurred in the upper belt of Dangiwacha at Hamam Marcoot in Sopore area of the north Kashmir district on Saturday night.
Police and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams rushed to the spot and four bodies have been recovered, they said.
According to police, Mohammad Tariq Khari (8), Shahnaza Begum (30), Naziya Akther (14) and Arif Hussain Khari (5) – all residents of Kalsiyan Nowshera area of Rajouri in Jammu region -- died in the incident.
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Another family member, Mohammad Bashir Khari (80), is still missing, and efforts are on to trace him, they added.
(With PTI Inputs)
