Two persons died due to suffocation and another fell ill while cleaning septic tank of a house at Hinjili on Saturday. The deceased have been identified as Prafula Das and Bauri Sethi of Durubandha village.
Sources said the three had entered the tank chamber to clean it and when they did not come out for a long time, owner of the house and some other locals called them. As they did not respond, firefighters were informed who recovered bodies of the three. Locals rushed them to the Hinjili hospital where doctors declared two of them brought dead and referred the third person to MKCG Medical. Condition of other one was stated to be stable.