Two Amarnath pilgrims die, death toll rises to 28

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They said Gita Devi (65), a resident of Madhya Pradesh, died due to cardiac arrest at Zigibal on Wednesday.

The latest deaths raised the toll in the ongoing yatra, which started on July 2, to 28.

The dead included 26 pilgrims, a CRPF jawan and a ponywalla.

So far, 2.80 lakh pilgrims have paid obeisance at the cave shrine which houses the naturally formed ice-shivlingam.