…In a tragic industrial accident, four workers lost their lives and four others were injured after being exposed to toxic gas inside a septic tank while retrieving gold and silver particles at Achal Jewels Pvt Ltd, located in the Sitapura Industrial Area of Rajasthan’s capital city Jaipur, confirmed officials on Tuesday.

Two workers remain in critical condition and are undergoing treatment at Mahatma Gandhi Hospital, while two others were discharged after receiving first aid.

The incident occurred on Monday at the company’s premises in G-Block of the Jewellery Zone, under the jurisdiction of the Sanganer Sadar Police Station, when eight workers were sent inside a 10-foot deep tank to extract gold and silver residual particles…

… Sources claim that the original sanitation staff had refused to enter the tank due to the presence of a strong, noxious odour…

… the company later persuaded other workers to take up the task by offering additional incentives beyond their regular wages..

All the affected workers were migrant labourers from the Sultanpur and Ambedkar Nagar districts of Uttar Pradesh…