A late-night card game in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district ended in tragedy after four men fell into an open well while trying to flee what they believed was a police raid, leaving three of them dead.
Following the incident, family members of the victims gathered in large numbers at the government hospital. The families alleged that a police raid had taken place and said the deaths occurred during the operation.
Hospital in Bhavnagar for post-mortem,” he said, news agency PTI reported. On Tuesday morning, the police control room received a call about a body on the farm and, following a search, three bodies were found floating in the well, sub-inspector D N Jadeja of Vartej police station said. Believing that a police raid was underway, the men panicked and began running. In the confusion and darkness, four of them fell into a nearby open agricultural well. Three of the men died from the fall, while one survived. “The police control room received a call reporting a body at the farm. Police arrived immediately and, with the help of villagers, conducted a search, discovering three bodies one after another in the well. These have been sent to Sir T. Following the incident, family members of the victims gathered in large numbers at the government hospital. Meanwhile, family members of the victims have refused to accept the bodies and are demanding that an FIR be registered against police officials. Police, however, have maintained that no raid was carried out.
The families alleged that a police raid had taken place and said the deaths occurred during the operation. Police said the three individuals who arrived at the spot left after the incident.
