3 labourers die while cleaning tank at Moga animal feed factory

Kulwinder Sandhu
Tribune News Service
Moga, April 6

Three labourers died while cleaning a septic tank at factory in Moga’s Kot-ise-Khan town on Monday, police sources said.

The labourers have been identified as Surjit Singh from Nasirpur Jania village, Jaspreet Singh and his brother Satnam Singh, both from Khosa Kotla.

Investigations revealed that Sanjeev Kumar Garg, son of a local businessman, owned the factory, Ekam Feed.

The 10-feet deep tank contained a mix of various animal feed that had turned into molasses and had begun to emit a poisonous gas, sources said.  Sources said that the labourers were asked to clean the tank without letting out the gas first.  

Surjit Singh first entered the tank and when he did not come back, Jaspreet went in looking for him. When neither returned, Satnam went in to pull them out, but he slipped and fell into the tank.

Police took the help of locals to pull out the bodies and then sent them to the district hospital for autopsy.

Police sources said investigations were still ongoing.