A woman devotee, injured in the deadly militant attack on Amarnath pilgrims, succumbed at a hospital early on Sunday, taking the death toll in the incident to eight.
Lalita, 47, succumbed to injuries at the SKIMS Hospital in Srinagar, a police official said.
With this, the death toll in the July 10 attack has climbed to 8.
Over 3,600 pilgrims leave for Amarnath yatra
A fresh batch of 3,603 pilgrims left Jammu for the Kashmir Valley on Sunday for the Amarnath yatra.
"A fresh batch of 3,603 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in an escorted convoy of 153 vehicles at 3.25 am.," officials said.
Nearly 9,000 pilgrims reached the shrine located at 3,888 metres above sea-level on Saturday which marked the 17th day of the ongoing 40-day yatra.
So far this year, over two lakh pilgrims have performed the yatra which is slated to end on August 7 on Shravan Purnima coinciding with Raksha Bandhan festival.
The cave houses an ice stalagmite structure that waxes and wanes with the size of the moon.
Over 35,000 security personnel drawn from the Army, Central Reserve Police Force, Sashastra Seema Bal, Indo-Tibetan Border Police and the state police have been deployed to provide security to the pilgrims.