Over two dozen women injured as house collapses during religious gathering in Handwara

Kupwara, Aug 24: Over two dozen women sustained injuries in Pohrupeth area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Sunday afternoon when a room suddenly collapsed, in which they had assembled for religious gathering.

A senior police officer told Greater Kashmir that over fifty women of Pohrupeth village had assembled in a hall on second storey of a house for religious gathering and suddenly the upper floor caved in, trapping many underneath.

He said that a rescue operation was underway with many injured women shifted to Primary Health Centre (PHC) Chogal and Associated District Hospital GMC Handwara.

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