Man die, 2 fall ill due to suffocation in Poonch

One person died and two others fell ill due to suffocation in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said today.

Three persons working with Bharat Gas agency fell unconscious in sleep due to smoke coming out of charcoal they had burnt to keep the room warm in Mendhar belt of Poonch district early today, they said.

They were shifted to the Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital in Jammu, where one of them, Wali Dar, died.