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13 dead, three injured after falling in well at wedding in UP

Thirteen women and girls died and three others sustained injuries when they fell into a well during a ‘Haldi’ ceremony at a village in Nibua Naurangiya in Uttar Pradesh’s Kushinagar.

On Wednesday, the women had gathered near the well for an event when the slab kept on it broke and the victims fell inside. The victims are relatives and neighbours of the family who had organised the wedding.

Of the 13, eleven women died on the spot while the two succumbed at the hospital during treatment. The victims had gone near the well for a prayer, reports Indian Express.

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