Three drown after falling into well while performing puja

Two women and a three-year-old child died as they fell into a well while performing a puja in suburban Vile Parle in Mumbai Tuesday.

A Fire Brigade official said the incident took place near Dixit Road in Vile Parle (East) around 6.30 PM.

Some women were performing a puja sitting on the iron grill on the mouth of a 30-feet deep well, he said.

The grill suddenly gave in and the women fell into the well.

While two women were rescued by locals, fire brigade officials rescued a five-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl.

However, two women -- Madhvi Pandey (49), Renu Yadav (20) -- and a girl named Divya (3) drowned, the official said.