4 die of asphyxiation

Four persons today died after

inhaling poisonous gas in a well in Gautam Buddha Nagar here, police said.

Chiku and Gulfam had entered the well at a factory and fainted due to the poisonous gas. When Santosh Mandol and Sadanand tried to save them, they too fell unconscious, they said.

All the four were rushed to the hospital, where they were declared dead.