Jewellery firm sends staff into septic tank to find gold, 4 dead

Four workers died by inhaling toxic fumes after they entered a 10-foot deep septic tank underneath a jewellery factory in Jaipur to try and retrieve gold and silver particles from the sludge, police said on Tuesday.

- Senjuti Sengupta

JAIPUR:

The incident took place on Monday night in Sitapura Industrial area of Jaipur when eight workers were employed to recover gold and silver particles lost during the washing of jewellery from the toxic sludge. The workers were initially reluctant to undertake the work because of the toxic fumes, but agreed to do it after they were offered extra money, police said.