Bandipora: Two brothers, who were students of a religious seminary died due to suffocation in North Kashmir's Bandipora district on Wednesday.
The deceased have been identified as Muneer Ahmad Chechi, 10, and Tanveer Ahmad Chechi, 9, sons of Qasim Ahmad Chechi from Malangam, Bandipora.
According to the officials, two students from Darul-uloom Faiz-ul-uloom died due to suffocation in Ashtangoo village of Bandipora.
The incident occurred on Wednesday morning when seminary officials found the duo and their father unconscious.
Despite being rushed to the nearby hospital, the boys couldn't be revived," he said, adding that their father is undergoing treatment at District Hospital Bandipora.
He said the police are investigating the incident, and preliminary findings suggest suffocation as the cause of death.
(KNO)