India, Aug. 9 -- Two inmates at Delhi's Tihar Jail died on Friday morning after allegedly slipping and drowning in a stormwater drain inside the prison premises, officials said. Both men were serving sentences for murder convictions.

The deceased, identified as Amit Kumar and Vinay Kumar, were assigned gardening duty when the incident occurred around 8.30am, according to officials aware of the matter.

Jail officials said a guard on the watchtower saw the men slipping into the drain. "We are verifying whether they were instructed to clean the drain or took it upon themselves. It is also possible that one slipped and the other tried to help," said a senior jail official, adding that they found the manhole cover tilted and suspect it may h...