Maha: Four die of suffocation in newly constructed well

GONDIA: A father-son duo and two otherpersons died of suffocation after inhaling some harmful gas in a newly constructed well in Maharashtra's Gondia district on Thursday, police said.

The incident took place at Kanhartola village in Amgaon tehsil around 9 am.

Village resident Atmarambhandarkar (62) constructed a new well in his premises and kept a puja ceremony on Thursday morning before starting use of the water body.

To purify the well, he put a mixture of bleaching powder, alum and some other chemicals in its water on Wednesday night.