3 Brothers Among 5 Dead After Inhaling Toxic Gas Inside Madhya Pradesh Well
NDTV
Initially, two persons had entered the well to clean it. When they did not come out for a long time, the owner of the well and three others climbed down to see what was wrong.
Five persons, including three brothers, died and another one complained of difficulty in breathing on Wednesday after allegedly inhaling suspected poisonous gas inside a well while cleaning it at a village in Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh, a police official said.
The incident took place at Kudan village around 3 pm, additional superintendent of police (ASP) Vijay Dawar said.
Initially, two persons had entered the well to clean it. When they did not come out for a long time, the owner of the well, Puneet Khurchande, and three others climbed down to see what was wrong, he said.
"However, three of them also got affected by the suspected poisonous gas emanating from the well while the fourth one complained of difficulty in breathing," he said.
