New Delhi, Sept. 14 -- Four Sikh men from Punjab have drowned in a manure tank on a dairy farm near Pavia region in northern Italy, the media reported on Friday.
Investigators suspect that the four men, all Indian citizens, were overcome by carbon dioxide fumes from the cow manure. The officials believe that three of them died after jumping in to rescue a worker who had been emptying the tank, the BBC reported.
Two brothers Prem and Tarsem Singh - aged 48 and 45 respectively - owned the farm, while Arminder Singh, 29, and Majinder Singh, 28, were employees.
Prem and Tarsem Singh registered their farm in 2017. It is about 45 km from Milan. According to Italian media reports, Singhs' farm at Arena Po, producing milk and veal cattle, is one...