A couple and their three children died of asphyxiation in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Wednesday.
The family from Bijnore in Uttar Pradesh was putting up at a rented house in the Kralpora area. They were found unconscious in their bed by locals who shifted them to a nearby hospital where doctors declared them brought dead.
All five members of the family died of asphyxia, doctors said.
The victims have been identified as Majid Ansari (35), his wife Sohana Khatoon (30), their children Faizan Ansari (4), Abu Zar (3), and an infant.
Police have registered a case and initiated investigation in the case.