Srinagar, Jan 05 (KNS): Five persons including two minors from Tanghdar area of Kupwara district who were residing in Srinagar as tenants were on Saturday morning found dead probably due to suffocation.
The residents and the police believe that the death to the five Tanghdar residents has caused due to suffocation by use of gas heaters.
A senior police official told KNS that “five residents of Tanghdar area of Kupwara district were found dead on Saturday morning and the cause of death obviously could be the use of gas heaters. Two women, one man and two children are among the dead. All the five have been identified and the investigations are underway.”
Police said that in this morning, they received information by Police Post Bemina that five persons who were living as tenants at Mansoor Colony, Bemina are lying unconscious in their rented room.
“Subsequently, a police team from Police Post Bemina rushed to the spot and shifted all the five persons to JVC Hospital for treatment where doctors declared them brought dead,” police said while identifying the five deceased as Khursheed Ahmad, 45 years old son of Abdul Rashid, his wife Gulshan Jan 45 years old, his two sons Faizan Ahmad 08 years old and Furkan Ahmad 05 years old, and his mother Rashmea Jan 65 years old, all residents of Batpora Tanghdar.
“Reportedly, the family had taken room on rent last week as one of the family member was getting treated at JVC Hospital. After completion of all medico legal formalities, the bodies are being shifted to their native village,” police said, adding that a probe has been initiated to ascertain the cause of their death.
Confirming the deaths, SSP Srinagar Imtiaz Ismail Parray told KNS that the deaths seems to have caused due to suffocation, saying that the gas leakage could have resulted into the death of five Tanghdar residents.
Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Syed Abid Rasheed Shah told Kashmir News Service (KNS), the bodies could not be airlifted to Tanghdar, native village of the deceased due to bad weather conditions and poor visibility.
However, he said that the bodies will be airlifted to Tanghdar on tomorrow morning. (KNS)