Injured tourist succumbs, death toll 4
Srinagar, Aug 1: The death toll in the gas cylinder tragedy in Kashmir rose to four as a British woman critically injured in the accident succumbed to injuries here Wednesday.
Police said Indu Parmar, resident of London, succumbed to her injuries at the SKIMS Hospital Tuesday evening.
Three tourists died and six others were wounded July 28 when a gas cylinder exploded inside a Tempo Traveller taxi carrying a group of women tourists to the Pahalgam hill station in south Kashmir.
The victims belonged to Mumbai and Britain.
Lastupdate on : Wed, 1 Aug 2012 21:30:00 Makkah time
Lastupdate on : Wed, 1 Aug 2012 18:30:00 GMT
Lastupdate on : Thu, 2 Aug 2012 00:00:00 IST
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