Bandipora, Jan 12: A Border Security Force personnel lost his life after a blaze erupted inside a barrack at a BSF camp in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district during the intervening night of Sunday and Monday.
Sources said the fire broke out at the 62nd Battalion camp located in the Madar area, causing extensive damage to the barrack. The constable was present inside the structure when the fire started and could not be evacuated in time, resulting in his death.
After the incident, the body was recovered from the gutted barrack and taken to District Hospital Bandipora for completion of medico legal procedures. The mortal remains will later be transported to his hometown.
The deceased has been identified as Ramesh Kumar, a native of Jalandhar in Punjab. Authorities have initiated proceedings to ascertain the cause of the fire.
