SRINAGAR: A 12-year-old boy was killed and three others were injured after a fire broke out at a Darul Uloom in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Tuesday, officials said.
An official said that the fire erupted at Faizan Baba Hyder Rishi Darul Uloom in Old Mattan Adda, leaving four boys with burn injuries. A rescue operation was subsequently launched.
He said the injured were shifted to Government Medical College (GMC) Anantnag, where one of them succumbed to injuries.
The deceased has been identified as Bilal Ahmad, 12, son of Mohammad Akbar and a resident of Wadwan. The injured have been identified as Sabit Fayaz and Sahil Ahmad, both residents of Sangaldan, and Irfan Ahmad of Pahalgam, the official said.
Police have taken cognisance of the incident. (KNO)
