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Another Telangana Pilgrim Dies in Mecca

Express News Service

HYDERABAD:  Another Haj pilgrim Habeeb Begum (56) from Nagarkurnool in Mahbubnagar district died in Mecca after suffering a massive heart attack. She died at Al Noor Hospital in Mecca on Tuesday while undergoing treatment for high blood pressure, Haj Committee official Shoukhat Ali said.

Her husband Mohammed Niranjan and two of her family members had gone to Mecca along with her. This brings the death toll of Haj pilgrims from Telangana and AP to six. While five of them are Telangana, one is from AP.

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