Shimla, Sep 13 (PTI) Two pilgrims were killed after their motorcycle veered off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba district, police said on Sunday.
The accident took place on Saturday night on the Pathankot-Bharmour national highway when the two were travelling to Manimahesh to participate in the Manimahesh Yatra, the police said.
With the help of locals, the bodies were retrieved from the gorge and taken to the Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru Government Medical College, Chamba, for postmortem.
The deceased have been identified as Anil Kumar and Jyoti, both residents of Pathankot in Punjab, they said. PTI COR SMV SMV DV DV
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