Tragedy struck Kralpora village in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district as two persons were recovered dead and three other hospitalised after they fell unconscious inside a well.
Quoting an official, news agency GNS reported that during cleaning a well in Satboin Dardpora, five persons fell unconscious due to suffocation. “As the news spread, a rescue operation was launched at the site,” the official said, adding, “After strenuous efforts, the persons were taken out of the water source and shifted to a nearby hospital, where the doctors declared two among the five as brought dead.”
Identifying the deceased as Farid Ahmad Khoja & Bashir Ahmad Khoja, the official further said that Safeer Ahmad, Qasim ud Din and Abdul Hameed are undergoing treatment.
More details awaited.
