Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday said that it has started investigation in the blaze of a Kashmiri migrant pandit house in Batagund Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
A Police spokesman said, “On 23 Oct 2022, a house belonging to one individual named Janki Nath, R/o Batagund, caught fire. The house was being used by two locals namely Ab Rashid War S/o Ali Mohd War and Gh Hassan War S/o Wali Mohd War R/o’s Batagund (with the consent of the owner) for keeping grass and other dry materials, which appear to have caught fire.
“Gh Hassan War had been acting as caretaker of the house since the last eight years with the consent of the home owner”, he said.
The spokesman said that in this regard FIR No 70/2022 under relevant provisions of IPC was registered at PS Qalamabad on Oct 23. An FSL team rushed to the spot at the same time and collected samples to ascertain the cause of fire and point of origin of the same.
Further investigation into the matter is underway.
