Srinagar: Two people were killed and three others were hospitalised after they fell into a well in the Kupwara district of north Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said.
Five people fell unconscious while cleaning a well in the Satboon area of Kupwara, the officials said. The victims were rescued and rushed to a hospital where the doctors declared two of them brought dead.
The doctors at the Kupwara hospital said the men had fallen unconscious due to lack of oxygen, they said.
The deceased were identified as Bashir Ahmad Khoja and Fareed Ahmad Khoja, they said. Those injured in the incident were Safeer Ahmad, Qasim ud Din and Abdul Hameed.
In a separate incident, three men fell into a well in the Khansahib area of the Budgam district. After hectic efforts, their dead bodies were retrieved.
Quoting officials, news agency KNO reported that a person identified as Moomin Dar accidentally fell into the deep well and soon after locals tried to rescue him.
They said during the rescue operation, two more individuals also fell into it. “As the news spread in the area, locals and administration reached the spot and launched a massive rescue operation,” they said.
They said that after seven hours of hectic efforts, all three trapped persons were pulled out dead. The deceased have been identified as Amjid Ali, Gulam Hassan Wani and Momin Dar—all residents of Gotipora Khansahib.
