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Sopore: The first Coronavirus (COVID-19) victim in Kashmir – a 65-year-old religious scholar and businessman who died in Chest Disease Hospital Srinagar- was laid to rest at his native place  in north Kashmir’s Sopore town of Baramulla district on Thursday.

Witness said that only 25 persons were allowed to participate in funeral prayers of the deceased which took place at his native village in Sopore near Guru petrol pump.

“His cask was carried in by men dressed in protective gear, while the relatives of the deceased wore masks,” they said

Reports said that the deceased developed symptoms of pneumonia as soon as he returned from Delhi where he had attended a Tableegi Jamaat meeting.

They said that he was admitted to the hospital barely two days back. An established businessman, he is survived by three daughters and a son – all settled.

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