Four brothers suffocated to death in Jharkhand septic tank incident, investigation ongoing, bodies sent for post-mortem.
Four persons were suffocated to death in a septic tank in Jharkhand's Garhwa district on Friday (August 15, 2025), police said.
Three of the deceased were brothers, they said.
The incident happened in Nawada village, DIG (Palamu Range) Naushad Alam told PTI.
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The victims were identified as Ajay Chaudhary (50), Chandrashekhar Chaudhary (42), and Raju Shekhar Chaudhary (55), the brothers, and Maltu Ram, police said.
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