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Srinagar, Jan 11 (UNI) A Haj pilgrim from Jammu and Kashmir died of cardiac arrest in Saudi Arabia yesterday, taking the toll to nine so far, reports received here said today.

Seventy-four-year-old Ghulam Mohammad Qureshi (Passport Number 047479 and Cover Number JK-2395-1) died of heart attack at Mecca yesterday.

On January nine, 67-year-old Mohammad Maqbool Parray (Passport Number 47216 and Cover Number JK-2280-2), also died of cardiac arrest at Mecca.

The reports said Sonaullah Mir, 74, (Passport Number 42396 and Cover Number JK-409-3) died of heart attack on January one while 70-year-old Sara Begum, wife of Mohammad Shaban Shah (Passport Number 112798 and Cover Number JK-2790-2), was killed in a road accident on December 23 last year.

Earlier 71-year-old Abdul Gaffar Khanday (Passport Number 45732 and Cover Number JK-1608-2) had died of cardio respiratory arrest due to hypoglycaemic coma at Mecca on December 14 last year.

Before that, 59-year-old Abdul Aziz Bhat (Passport Number 46648 and Cover Number JK-2000-2) had died of multi organ failure due to acute renal failure at Mecca on December 10.

Also on the same day, 65-year-old Ali Mohammad Dar (Passport Number 105576 and Cover Number JK-2492-1) died of heart attack at Mecca. Seventy-nine-year-old Ahadullah Sheikh (Passport Number 41012 and Cover Number JK-33-4) was killed in a road accident at Mecca on December 9.

The deceased Haj pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir also included Ghulam Qadir Bhat, the brother of Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad.

Sixty-four-year-old Bhat (Passport Number 41012 and Cover Number JK-33-4) had died of cardiac arrest at Mecca on December 21.

UNI