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Srinagar, Jan 24 (UNI) One more Haj pilgrim from Jammu and Kashmir has died in Saudi Arabia, taking the toll to 13 so far, reports received here said today.

Sixtysix-year-old Abdul Rahim Ahanger (Passport Number 44392 and Cover Number JK-1156-3) died in a road accident at Medina on January 21.

The other deceased Haj pilgrims from the state are Mohammad Jamal Najar (65), Peer Mohammad Ahsan (62), Ghulam Mohammad Wani (50), Ghulam Mohammad Qureshi (74), Mohammad Maqbool Parray (67), Sonaullah Mir (74), Sara Begum (70), Abdul Gaffar Khanday (71), Abdul Aziz Bhat (59), Ali Mohammad Dar (65) and Ahadullah Sheikh (79) and Ghulam Qadir Bhat, the brother of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad.

Bhat, 64, had died of cardiac arrest at Mecca on December 21.

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