Srinagar: A security guard died while another was hospitalised due to suspected asphyxiation in Khrew area of Pulwama district on Wednesday.
Quoting official sources, a local news agency reported that the duo working at a cement factory in Khrew area were found in an unconscious state at their accommodation.
They were shifted to nearby Primary Health Centre Khrew where doctors declared one of the security guards identified as Ghulam Hasan Ganai, son of Muhammad Jamal, a resident of Braripora Handwara, dead on arrival. The report said that asphyxiation is believed to be the cause of the death.
Another security guard, identified as Ghulam Muhammad Bhat, son of Asadullah Bhat of ChandporaRajpora village of Pulwama, was referred to SMHS Hospital in Srinagar.
After medico-legal formalities, police handed over the body to the family of the deceased. Police have also started inquest proceedings under section 174CrPc.
