Man charred to death as vehicle catches fire in Anantnag

ANANTNAG — A man was charred to death after his vehicle caught fire in the Panzgam area of Kokernag in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday, officials said.

An unnamed official was quoted by the news agency KNO as having said that a vehicle suddenly caught fire while the driver was charred to death in the incident.

The deceased was identified as Shabir Ahmad Rather, son of Mohammad Ashan Rather of Panzgam. “He was a baker by profession,” he said.

“The body was taken by the police for the medico-legal formalities,” he said.