Jhelum: Six labourers killed due to gas leakage in well

F.P. Report

JHELUM: As many as six labourers of a same family, were killed due to gas leakage in a well in Jhelum, on Friday.

According to local media reports, six persons including a father and his two sons lost their lives in Jhelum’s area of Dhaniyala due to leakage of poisonous gas in the well, during operation of a machinery.

The deceased were identified as, Muhammad Iqbal, Muhammad Suleman, Hyder Ali, Muhammad Asif, Khalid Mehmood and Aamir Shehzad.

According to the police the bodies were recovered from the well and were handed over to the heirs.