2 brothers among 4 persons die due to asphyxiation while cleaning trench in Anantnag

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Anantnag, Sept 28: Four persons including two brothers died after inhaling poisonous gas while cleaning a trench at Tulkhan Bijbhera in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday.
Official sources said that two persons are from Luktipora as many others are from Tulkhun. “They died due to asphyxiation after slipping into a sewage trench in Tulkhan area of Bijbehara in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday evening,” they said. They have been identified as Nazir Ahmad Dar (45) his brother Abdul Rashid Dar (40) sonS of Ghulam Hassan Dar of Tulkhan and Asrheed Ahmad Wani (45) son of Abdul Rashid and Sajad Ahmad Wani (30) son of Luktipora.