Srinagar: Three casual labourers were rescued and hospitalised after they made a self-immolation bid at Botanical Garden Kokernag in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district this afternoon, official sources said.
Quoting the sources, GNS reported that panic gripped the people present in the garden when three persons tried to set themselves afire. “The onlookers’ intervened and rescued the trio and took them to a SDH Kokernag from where they have been referred to GMC Anantnag,” they said.
The trio has been identified as Zakir Hussain Shakshaz (30), son of Ghulam Hassan Shakshaz; Arshid Ahmad Itoo (33), son of Abdul Salaam, residents of Bidder Kokernag; and Hilal Ahmad Tantray, son of Mohammad Akbar Tantray, resident of Watnard.
It has been learnt the labourers belong to Floriculture Department and took the extreme step over alleged transfer issue.
