A guard at an ATM booth in the Soura area of Srinagar was found dead on Friday, official sources said.

A police official said that the guard, identified as Mohammad Muzaffar Kakroo son of Abdul Kahliq Kakroo, a resident of Amdakadal Lalbazar, was found unconscious inside the ATM booth of HDFC Bank in Soura. “He was rushed to SKIMS Soura where doctors declared him dead on arrival,” a police official said.

He said that inquest proceedings have been launched to find out the cause of the death.