3 Gujarat villagers playing cards flee mistaking visitors for police, drown in well
Bhavnagar SP Nitesh Pandey said around 11 men had gathered to play cards in a field of the village when an unidentified vehicle approached.
Three men from a village in Gujarat's Bhavnagar district died after fleeing a card game late at night, mistaking visitors for police. The victims were identified as Rahul Popatbhai Chauhan, 35, Nilesh Dabhi, 37, and Ajitsinh, 45. A fourth man survived the incident. The men were playing cards in a field when an unidentified vehicle approached, prompting them to run in the dark.
Some of the players fell into an open well, mistaking it for the police. The police superintendent, Nitesh Pandey, confirmed that around eleven men had gathered for the game when the incident occurred. The bodies were discovered by police on Tuesday morning following a call from the control room. No police raid had taken place in the village, as stated by Pandey, who added that an investigation is underway to determine who had approached the group and caused the misunderstanding.
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