Thane, Mar 27 (PTI) Two labourers died allegedly due to asphyxiation when they were cleaning a water tank at a residential building in Thane city of Maharashtra on Sunday, while two of their colleagues were hospitalised after they complained of suffocation, a police official said.

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The incident occurred around 4.30 pm when the four labourers were cleaning the tank in the building located in Naupada area of the city, he said.

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"Two workers died of asphyxiation and as many others complained of suffocation and were rushed to a hospital," the official of Naupada police station said.

The bodies of the two victims were sent to a local government hospital for post-mortem, while two others are currently undergoing treatment, he said.

A case of accidental death has been registered and a probe into the mishap is on, the official said.

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