15 Pak Sikh pilgrims airlifted from Hemkunt Sahib after falling sick
Police outpost in-charge Amandeep Singh arranged a helicopter for them by which they were brought to Gobind Ghat, where they are receiving treatment at a hospital.
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Fifteen Sikh pilgrims from Pakistan were airlifted and brought to Gobind Ghat from Hemkunt Sahib on Monday after they fell sick, police said.
They were part of a group of more than 100 Sikh devotees from Pakistan on a pilgrimage to the Himalayan shrine situated at a height of about 16,000 feet in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, they added.
Fifteen of them fell sick due to high altitude and fatigue after traversing a distance of 17km on foot, police said.
Police outpost in-charge Amandeep Singh arranged a helicopter for them by which they were brought to Gobind Ghat, where they are receiving treatment at a hospital.
Hemkunt Sahib gurdwara stands at a place where Guru Gobind Singh is believed to have subjected himself to penance.
