India, March 10 -- Four labourers died of suffocation inside a water tank located in the basement of an under-construction building on Mint Road, Nagpada, on Sunday. Three of the deceased had gone in to rescue their fellow worker, but none of them survived. One other worker, who had also gone inside the water tank, managed to survive.

The deceased were identified as Hasipal Shaikh, 19, Raja Shaikh, 20, Jiaullah Shaikh, 36, and Imandu Shaikh, 38. Purhan Shaikh, 31, survived.

The incident at 12.30pm occurred when a labourer went in to dislodge a plywood scaffolding that was stuck inside a water tank at Bismillah Space building near Good Luck Motor Training School. The tank was located underground in the basement of the under-construction ...