Four Die After Entering Ujjain Hotel Waste Chamber

Four people died after entering a food-waste chamber at the Shri Ganga Hotel in Ujjain, and two others who went in during the rescue fell ill, police said. The deaths occurred late Saturday, October 31, on Ujjain-Dewas Road in Madhya Pradesh. The two survivors were taken to hospital for treatment, according to Ujjain Superintendent of Police Pradeep Sharma. Sharma said the four people were pulled from the chamber and given cardiopulmonary resuscitation, but could not be revived. Doctors declared them dead at a hospital. The bodies were sent for postmortem examinations, and an investigation is underway. Officials have not established how the people entered the chamber or what caused the deaths. District Collector Roshan Kumar Singh said authorities were investigating whether workers went inside to clean it or fell in accidentally. Sharma described a gas leak and slippery floor as suspected factors, not confirmed causes. The reports provided no postmortem or gas-testing findings. The accounts differ on the initial sequence: some officials’ descriptions say four people entered to clean the chamber, while another account says one worker went in first and others followed in an...