Youth electrocuted while installing Muharram banners in north Kashmir

Srinagar, Jul 31: A 21-year-old youth was electrocuted while installing Muharram banners in north Kashmir this afternoon.

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Reports reaching The Asian News Hub (ANH) said that Akhtar Hussain Mir (21) resident of Hygam Sopore recieved electric shock when a group of youth were installing Muharram banners in the area.

They said that after recieving electric shock, he fell down from the pole and was shifted to nearby medical facility, where from he has been shifted to SMHS Hospital for specialised treatment.

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Pertinently, every year with the arrival of the month of Muharram members of the Shia community install black banners and hoardings across the Kashmir Valley to mourn the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (A.S).