The police commissioner said the post-mortem examination of the deceased was being carried out and a viscera examination will also be conducted to check if he had consumed any intoxicant.
Highlights
A high-intensity earthquake of 6.3 magnitude hit Tajikistan on Friday night, tremors of which were felt in several other parts of north India
The tremors created panic among people who rushed out of their homes.
However, there are no reports of any loss of life or damage to property.
New Delhi: A high-intensity earthquake hit Tajikistan on Friday night, tremors of which were felt in several other parts of north India, including Delhi-NCR. According to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS), the
magnitude of the earthquake was 6.3 in Tajikistan. In Delhi, the magnitude was 4.2 on the Richter scale and the epicentre was in Rajasthan s Alwar.
Published: Saturday, February 13, 2021, 9:01 [IST]
New Delhi, Feb 13: Minutes after a powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake jolted Tajikistan late on Friday, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah took to Twitter and said he grabbed a blanket and ran as soon as he felt the tremors. Not since the earthquake of 2005 have the tremors in Srinagar been bad enough to force me out of the house. I grabbed a blanket & ran. I didn t remember to take my phone & so was unable to tweet earthquake while the damn ground was shaking, Omar Abdullah tweeted.
Earlier, reports claimed that the epicentre was being in Punjab s Amritsar. However, later it was clarified that the earthquake had its epicentre in Tajikistan.
Tremors were also felt in Pakistan s Islamabad, and in cities in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces as well as in Pakistan occupied-Kashmir (PoK)