Two labourers die of suffocation in Kochi

KOCHI: Two casual labourers died of suffocation when they were engaged in cleaning drainage, near jetty, in the district on Sunday.

The dead were identified as Madhav (65) and Raju (45), both hailing from Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, police said.

The tragic incident took place when the two were climbing down through the man-whole.

By the time fire service personnel took them out, they were dead, the sources said, adding a case had been registered for unnatural death.

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