5 Family Members D!e One After The Other After Jumping Into A Well To Save A Pet Cat In India

A family of five plunged into an abandoned well to save a beloved cat, but their attempt at rescue ended tragically in death for everyone of them.

The five men perished on Tuesday night in Wadki village, Maharashtra, India, after falling down a well that was apparently used as a biogas pit holding animal waste.

The cat fell into the enormous well at 5:00 p.m., according to the local media, and family members of the Kale family approached the toxic area to try to save the cat.

Four family members eventually followed suit after the first one into the well, but they were all trapped in the end.

The victims have been identified as Manik Kale, 65, Manik’s son Sandeep, 36, Anil Kale, 53, Anil’s son Bablu, 28, and Babasaheb Gaikwad, 36.

Dhananjay Jadhav, Senior Police Officer of Nevasa Police station, Ahmednagar, said: ‘A rescue team recovered the dead bodies of five of the six people who jumped one after another into an abandoned well-having animal waste stored while trying to rescue a cat’.

Following the five Kale family members’ descent into the pit, a sixth person joined the rescue mission, and miraculously survived.

‘After that, the sixth person, who also in an attempt to save the others, entered the well with a rope tied around his waist and survived,’ the police added.

‘He was injured during the rescue process and taken out and rushed to hospital for treatment’.

The sole survivor was identified as Vijay Manik Kale, 35, also a member of the family who died in the tragic accident.

He is reportedly in a stable condition following medical treatment at a government hospital. [CONTINUE READING HERE]