Doctors at the J J Hospital here have removed a bullet from the body of a woman who survived the terrorist attack on the Amarnath pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir earlier this week. In the attack, in which eight pilgrims were killed, Chhaya Meher had sustained injuries and was hit by a bullet. She will have to be in the hospital for around 2-3 weeks more," said Eknath Pawar, head of the orthopaedic department, JJ Hospital. More than two lakh pilgrims have paid obeisance at the cave shrine of Amarnath in the south Kashmir Himalayas so far this year, officials said. On the 18th day of the annual pilgrimage today, 7,214 yatris paid obeisance at the cave shrine, said an official spokesman.

Source: dna July 16, 2017 17:46 UTC