JHELUM: Six labourers belonging to the same family, were killed due to gas accumulation in a well in Jhelum on Friday.
According to details, six persons including a father and his two sons lost their lives in Jhelum’s area of Dhaniyala due to the accumulation of poisonous gas in the well, during operation of 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.