Police said an 18 -year -old Sikh devotee from Punjab died on Sunday after slipping into a deep ditch on a pavement near Hemkand Sahib Gurdwara in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand.
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A man, known as Gurpreet Singh of Kale village in Amritsar district, visited Hemkund Sahib with a 90 -member group, he said.
Police said Singh left the main pavement for the gurudwara and took an old, damaged mark that was closed due to security concerns. He slipped and fell into a 100 meter deep ditch.
On receiving the information, police, state disaster response force (SDRF) personnel and other agencies reached the spot, conducted a rescue operation and recovered the body, he said.
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