A non-local employee working with Hindustan Constructions Company (HCC) died due to suffocation in Sonerwani area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Sunday morning.
An official said Ramesh Singh, resident of Himachal Pradesh, died due to suffocation as he had kept a gas heater on during night in his room.
“He was working as storekeeper in the HCC and was living in a hired room in Sonerwani,” he said.
He said the body was shifted to SDH Bandipora for postmortem.