Gaya Ji: Four people, including a father–son duo, died after inhaling toxic gas while working inside a well in Bihar’s Gaya Ji district on Friday, police said.
The incident occurred at Garh Karmauni village in the Dobhi police station area, where the men had gone to repair a motor fitted inside the well, PTI reported.
The deceased were identified as Chamari Manjhi, his son Dilchand Manjhi, and two others—Vikas Chaudhary and Vijay Chaudhary.
Gaya SSP Sushil Kumar said preliminary findings indicated that all four died of asphyxiation caused by poisonous gas that had accumulated inside the well.
“Preliminary information suggests that the deaths were caused by asphyxiation due to toxic gas inside the well,” Kumar said.
Police have since recovered all four bodies from the well.
Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary expressed grief over the incident and directed officials to provide an ex‑gratia assistance of ₹4 lakh each to the families of the deceased.
“The news of the death of four people after being exposed to poisonous gas inside a well in Gaya Ji is extremely distressing. I extend my deepest condolences to the bereaved families. May God grant eternal peace to the departed souls and give the grieving families the strength to bear this unbearable sorrow,” Choudhary wrote in a post on X.
“Instructions have been issued to provide ex gratia assistance of Rs 4 lakh each to the dependants of the deceased immediately, and extend all possible help to the affected families,” he added.
