Three labourers hired to illegally dig pits for mining died of asphyxiation in Devpara village of Surendranagar’s Muli taluka on Thursday. The deceased were natives of Rajasthan and the police were working to establish their identities.
Three other labourers who fell unconscious were rushed to a hospital and are stable now, Dharmendrasinh Chudasma, police inspector at Muli Police Station where an FIR has been lodged, told The Indian Express.