Jaipur, Aug 28 (PTI) Four men who got down into a water tank to rescue a minor boy who fell into the tank died in Ajmer district of Rajasthan, police said.

However, the boy was rescued, they said.

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"Prima facie, they died due to poisonous gas in the tank. However, the exact cause of the death will be clear after post-mortem report,” Sub Inspector of Srinagar police station Ganpat Singh said.

He said that a 13-year-old boy fell into the water tank which had a water level of around 3 feet. To rescue him, Shaitan, Devkaran, Mahendra and Shivraj got down one after another but they fell unconscious.

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They were taken out and rushed to a nearby hospital. The boy survived while the other four men died, he said.

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