Uttar Pradesh: 4 of family among 5 dead in septic tank

AGRA: Five persons, including four from a family, were killed on Tuesday after inhaling poisonous gas inside a septic tank in Agra’s Fatehabad area. The string of deaths began when a 10-year-old boy accidently fell into an under-construction septic tank which was filled with filth flowing from another tank nearby in Pratapura.
To rescue the child, his two brothers, an uncle and a neighbour went inside the 12-feet deep tank one by one. No one came back.
Anurag Sharma had slipped into the open tank while playing outside his house. His elder brothers Hari Mohan (17) and Avinash Sharma (16) jumped into the gaping hole soon after hearing the wails of their younger sibling.
Then, panic-stricken, their uncle Sonu Sharma (32) followed. Another person, a neighbour, Yogesh Baghel (20), known to be a close family friend, tried to save them, paying with his life. All of them fell unconscious and died on the spot.
According to villagers, the tank was dug three days ago and was not covered. It contained 4-feet deep sewage water.
Senior superintendent of police Babloo Kumar said, “The five people including the child who had fallen in the pit dug for the septic tank were declared brought dead at the SN Medical College. We will help the family to the extent we can.”