JAMMU, Apr 13: At least 43 women mourners suffered injuries in a house where they had assembled to express condolences, collapsed in a village on Thursday in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Police said, “The villagers (mostly women) were attending the customary rituals at the house of one Zakir Hussain Shah in Khanetar village near High School in Poonch district to mourn the death of a woman while the male members had gone for the cremation in Poonch district.”
“As restricted space in the house the mourners gathered on the rooftop of the house that suddenly collapsed leaving several injured, mostly women and girls,” said police.
Police said that a police party and villagers swung into action and started the rescue operation and evacuated the injured.
The injured have been identified as Hameeda Begum (600; Shahnaz Bibi (30); Tasveer Begum (40); Misra Khatoon (55); Gulshaid Begum (45); Ameer Fatima (65); Shakeela Kazmi (40); Ruksana Bukhari (50); Naiz Kazmi (40); Ameen Jaan (55); Tabassum Kazmi (28); Javed Akhter (45); Shamshad Fatima (42); Zanib Noor (450; Zameer Fatima (42); Shabir Fatima (60); Farida Begum (40); Shamshad Begum (36); Shamim Akhtar (60); Shamim Akhtar (35); Safeena Bi (48); Khatoom Bibi (75); Nasreen Akhter (54); Rubina Begum (52); Mehnaz Akhter (40); Tasleem Begum (58); Rabia Bi (55); Narqus Naqvi (37); Shamshad Akhtar (40); Afia (19); Saira Bano (35); Hafiza Begum (60); Naseem Akhtar (55); Hanifa Bi (58); Zoheen Akhter (32); Sweety Bukhari (39); Saira Kouser (33); Sajda Begum (25); Shammem Akhter (50); Mir Jaan (60); Safeena Bi (72); Raqiza Bi (40) and Misra Khatoon (55)
“All the injured were taken to nearby hospital for immediate treatment”, Police further said.(Agencies)