The dead body found in a burnt house in Oshakan village of Armenia’s Aragatsotn Province Wednesday morning has been identified.

At around 7:43am, the 911 hotline had received a call informing that fire had broken out in a house in Oshakan village.

The firefighters, putting out the fire on the first floor of this house, found a man's dead body there.

The police and investigators have found out that this burnt body—which had partially turned into ash—was of Gagik B, 48, a resident of this house, shamshyan.com reported.

Those gathered at the scene said that the deceased was a former police officer.