Reports of deaths due to earthquake in Kupwara fake, baseless: DC Kupwara

• Kupwara : Deputy commissioner Kupwara on Tuesday termed the reports of deaths in the district following strong earthquake in Jammu and Kashmir as fake and baseless.

Talking to deputy commissioner Kupwara Doifode Sagar Dattatray said the reports doing rounds on social media about 3 deaths in Kupwara due to earthquake are fake.

He said no such incident has happened anywhere in the district, while damage to any property was being ascertained.

Earlier, an earthquake of 6.6 magnitude shook Jammu and Kashmir and several parts of north India—(KNO)