Tragic! Four people die after slipping into well in Kupwara

KUPWARA — Four persons died at Dard Harie Kralpora in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Wednesday after they fell into a well.

They were rescued from the well under unconscious state, and shifted to hospital where they were declared dead.

Officials said that four persons were rescued from a well and all of them were unconscious till they were shifted to hospital.

Locals along with police, a team from administration and medical team reached to the spot and rescued the four, who had slipped into the 20-feet-deep well.

An official said that on reaching the spot, first the upper surface was broken after which all the four unconscious youth were rescued and evacuated to nearby health centre. “All the four were declared brought dead by the doctors at the health centre,” the official said.

A top police official said the bodies have been handed over to their legal heirs for last rites after all medico-legal formalities.