A landslide on the trek route to the Kedarnath shrine left two palanquin carriers from Jammu and Kashmir dead and three others including a pilgrim from Gujarat injured on Wednesday, police said.

As reported by PTI, the dead were identified as Nitin Kumar and Chandrashekhar. Moreover, both the deceased were palanquin carriers from Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir, the police stated.

It has also been reported that  people who are injured in the incident have been identified as Sandeep Kumar and Nitin Manhas, both palanquin carriers from Doda in Jammu and Kashmir and one pilgrim named Akash Chitriya from Bhavnagar in Gujarat, police said.