Sitapur (UP), Aug. 17 -- Three persons today died due to asphyxia and two others were taken ill after they entered a septic tank to save a 10-year-old boy in Sakran area of Sitapur district here in Uttar Pradesh, police sources said here.
Police sources said that Vivek Kumar (10), a resident of Suketha village, slipped and fell into the septic tank built in front of Anil Kumar's house in the village. "Anil Kumar (40) jumped to save him. When he started fainting, Raj Kumar (45) and Rangilal (40) entered the tank to take him out," they said.
Police sources said that when they also fainted, Deepu (25), also started trying to come out of the safety tank, but when they fainted, somehow the villagers took Deepu and Vivek out in a semi-consciou...