New Delhi, April 3 -- In an unfortunate incident, at least eight people died in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa after inhaling suspected toxic gas inside well.

The incident took place around 4 pm at Kondavat village in the Chaigaon Makhan area when the deceased persons entered the well to clean it on the occasion of 'Gangour' festival.

The deceased were identified as Mohan (55), Anil Patel (30), Sharan Sukhram (30), Arjun (35), Gajanand, (25), Baliram (36), Rakesh (22) and Ajay (25)

The immersion of Gangour Mata is scheduled to take place and traditionally, it is done in the well, which located in the middle of the village. Therefore, they wanted to clean the water body for immersion of idols.

Khandwa SP Manoj Kumar Rai said that three peopl...