Three nomads killed, large number of cattles perish as lightening hit Surankote Gumsar

Srinagar, Jul 21 (PTK): Three nomads got killed and dozens of their cattles got perished after natural lightening hit a seasonal habitation area in Gumsar higher reaches of Poonch.

Incident took place in the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday and lightening hit a seasonal dhok in Gumsar killing three nomads on spot who are belong to Surankote area, said officials.

They added that many animals including goat and sheep, whose number is believed to be in several hundreds, also got perished in the incident.

Sub Divisional Magistrate Surankote, Saleem Qureshi said that teams are moving to the spot for actual loss assessment of animals. (PTK)