4 die while cleaning well in Kupwara

SRINAGAR: Four people died allegedly due to suffocation in a well in north Kashmir district of Kupwara on Thursday, official sources said.

They said a labourer, identified as Mohammad Altaf Khan, was cleaning a well at Dardpora in Kupwara on Thursday. “Altaf suddenly collapsed inside the well while he was cleaning it,” they said, adding three more labourers went inside to rescue him. However, they said all the four died on the spot due to suffocation. “Their bodies were retrieved and sent to hospital for postmortem,” they said. (AGENCIES)

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