A woman and her minor son died of ‘asphyxiation’ in SoafShali village of Kokernag in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday.
An official said that the mother-son duo was found dead at their home early morning.
The deceased was identified as Ishrat Jan, 24, wife of Shabir Ahmad Nahar and two-year-old son Musaib.
They said that the duo was rushed to SDH Kokernag but doctors declared them bought dead.
Police said that they were ascertaining the cause of death.
“It looks that the duo died of suffocation,” Police said.