J&K
Windstorm: Woman killed in Anantnag, another injured in Ganderbal
A 34-year-old woman was killed after she came under tin-sheet blown away from a rooftop during gusty winds in Botengo area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday.
Official said that the woman, Meenu Jan wife of Khursheed Ahmad, came under the sheet during a heavy windstorm near Habkhatoon petrol pump Batangoo and suffered serious injuries.
She was shifted to GMC Anantnag where she succumbed to the wounds later.
A police officer said that a case has been registered.
In another incident, a 25-year-old woman identified as Shakeela Bano wife of Firdous Ahmad Mir of Lar Ganderbal sustained injuries after strong winds damaged rooftop of guardroom of Ziyazat Shah Sadiq Qalandar. (GNS)