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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Staff Reporter

Four die due to asphyxiation in abandoned well

Three labourers and the house owner died after reportedly inhaling some poisonous gas when they went into an abandoned well to clean it, in Bantumilli village of Krishna district, on Friday.

The victims were identified as workers P. Srinivas Rao (53) of Mulaparru village, V. Rama Rao (60) and his son V. Lakshman (35) and house owner, K. Ranga, natives of Bantumilli. According to local residents, the four one after the other entered the well and reportedly died of asphyxiation.

Housing Minister Jogi Ramesh, Machilipatnam Revenue Divisional Officer I. Kishore, DSP Sk. Masum Basha and MRO Satyanarayana rushed to the spot and enquired about the incident.

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