Srinagar: A man was charred to death after his vehicle caught fire in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday, officials said.

Police said the man was sleeping in the vehicle when it caught fire suddenly at Panzgam area of Kokernag around midnight charred him to death.

The deceased has been identified as Shabir Ahmad Rather of Panzgam.

Body has been taken for medico-legal formalities and started investigations, police said.