Source: The Sangai Express / Singliangmang Guite
Lamka, June 26:
Two persons who went down a well to retrieve a fallen bucket at Bijang Synod Veng, about 2 kms North West of Churachandpur police station were found dead inside the well.
To retrieve a bucket belonging to some persons who were bathing around the well, Paominlal Hongkeso (15) went down the well but he slipped and fell into the well.
Consequent upon the fall, he lost consciousness and drowned.
Following this, another youth Jamkholal Honglal (22) went down the well in a bid to rescue Paominlal but he too fell into the well and met the same fate.
Both the deceased youth belonged to Synod Veng.
However, one Samual (35) who too went down the well was pulled up by people and thus rescued as he started losing consciousness mid way into the well.
The corpses of the deceased youths have been handed over to respective family members after post mortem.