Two labourers die of asphyxiation in Kashmir

Srinagar, May 15 (UNI) Two labourers died of suffocation while they were cleaning a sewage tank on the city outskirts last evening, police said today.

They said Abdul Hamid Akhoon and Manzoor Ahmad Gunjoo died of asphyxiation when they were cleaning the sewage tank at Habak on the city outskirts last evening.

During the cleaning, another labourer, Ali Mohammad Doji, had also fallen unconscious. He was rushed to a hospital and discharged after first aid, police said.

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