1 die of toxic gas in well

Press Trust of India  |  Jaipur 

A 25-year-old man died and three others were hospitalised after they apparently inhaled some inside a well in Rajasthan's district today, police said.

had descended inside the well in a village near Kumher area -- around 200 km from here -- for some repairing work, but he fainted, a said.

Three others -- Dinesh Jatav, and -- tried to rescue him, but they also inhaled the and fell unconscious, the said.

They all were brought out of the well and rushed to a nearby hospital where Sunil died during treatment, the said, adding that the body had been handed over to his family members after an autopsy.

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First Published: Sun, July 29 2018. 18:50 IST