8 die inside MP village well, possibly due to toxic gas: Khandwa SP

Khandwa SP Manoj Rai said the eight bodies had been taken from the well in the rescue operation that lasted five hours

Updated on: Apr 3, 2025, 22:39:00 IST

By Shruti Tomar

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BHOPAL: Eight people died in Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa district on Thursday when they went inside a well to clean it for immersion of idols, police said.

Rai said the prima facie, the eight could have died due to a toxic gas since the deceased knew how to swim and lost consciousness within minutes of entering the well (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Khandwa superintendent of police (SP) Manoj Rai said the eight bodies had been taken from the well in the rescue operation that lasted five hours.

Rai said the prima facie, the eight could have died due to a toxic gas since the deceased knew how to swim but all of them fell unconscious within minutes of entering the well,

“Four people entered the well in the Khandwa’s Kondavat village to clean it for immersion of idols of Gangaur festival. They started drowning in the well. Later four more people entered the well one by one but they all drowned,” the SP said.

As soon as the information of the incident was received, a 15-member team of SDERF along with the police and administration team reached the spot. The rescue team descended into the well with rope and net to take out the bodies.

(with inputs from Sunil Kerhalkar)

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Shruti Tomar
I have spent over a decade chronicling Madhya Pradesh’s political and social landscape, covering politics, investigative journalism, crime, human interest, and government policy, blending sharp insight with ground‑level depth. I have closely tracked three assembly elections, three Lok Sabha elections, leadership transitions in MP while exposing governance lapses, tender irregularities, and flawed policy rollouts. My reports have revealed gaps in the Cheetah project, irregularities in medical education, rigging in recruitment exams, and loopholes in policy implementation. In crime reporting, I have moved beyond FIRs to map systemic patterns — from organised crime networks and gender‑based violence to custodial accountability — balancing urgency with sensitivity. My journalism is defined by a commitment to human interest. I have profiled the marginalised Bancchda community, documented atrocities against tribal groups, and highlighted efforts to preserve their culture through heritage liquor and revival of spiritual practices. I have reported on farmers struggling with failed MSP promises, giving voice to those often reduced to statistics in policy files. Passionate about field reporting, I have reported on rampant sand mining in Chambal and Narmada, pharmaceutical companies supplying medicines under altered names, the dire condition of schools and colleges, the plight of commercial sex workers, and skewed sex ratios in specific districts. Beyond deadlines, and as HT’s state correspondent and assistant editor in Madhya Pradesh, I engage with ministers, farmers, students, and activists, believing the best policy stories begin with a single human voice. A postgraduate in Journalism and Mass Communication, I also hold a diploma in sports journalism.Read More

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