Three men died of asphyxiation when they went down a 60-foot well to rescue a calf in Mangrole area of Baran district, police said today.
The calf had fallen in the abandoned well in an agricultural field in Rawal-Jawal village yesterday evening.
Six people went down the well to rescue the calf.
While three people died of asphyxiation, three others were pulled out by villagers in unconscious state.
The deceased were identified as Rameshwar Mali (25), Jitendra alias Jitu Mali (19) and Om Prakesh Mali (45), Mangrole police station SHO Jagdish Prasad said.
The injured were rushed to a local hospital from where one of them, Raju, was referred to Mharao Bheem Singh (MBS) Hospital in Kota, he said.
Several villagers, who had rushed to the well after the incident was reported, were also affected by the poisonous gas emitting out of the well and complained of vomiting and irritation, the SHO said.
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