A case has been registered against
four persons for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, and efforts are on
to apprehend them, an official said.
The victims, Lakshman Dabhi (35), Khodabhai Makwana
(32) and Viram Keraliya (35), were digging at a mine near Bhet village in
Thangadh taluka of the district when they died of asphyxiation on Saturday, the
official from Muli Muli police station said.
The trio did not have helmets, masks
or other safety equipment when they were working for the accused, he said.
As per the first information report (FIR), the
accused did not provide helmets or other safety equipment to the deceased while
employing them to dig a well.
They died after inhaling gas from the
well, it stated.
A case was registered against Jashabhai Keraliya,
Janak Aniyaria, Khimjibhai Saradia, and Kalpesh Parmar, the official said.
Bodies of the deceased labourers have been sent for
post-mortem, he added.