Woman Dies After ‘Slipping’ into Well in Kupwara

Jahangir Lolabi

Kupwara, Jul 7 : A 34-year-old woman died after ‘slipping’ into a well in Cherkote area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday, official sources said.

They told GNS that Tasleema Begum, wife of Mohammad Ramzan Peer, resident of Nadpora village Cherkote ‘slipped’ and fell into the well this morning, adding, she was rescued and taken to SDH Kupwara where the doctors declared her as brought dead on arrival.

Confirming the death of the woman a police official told GNS though as per initial reports she slipped into the well resulting in her demise however we are still ascertaining how she actually fell into the well. (GNS)