KATHMANDU: Two labourers died of asphyxia in the course of digging a deep well on the compound of Suman Paudel’s house in Golfutar, on Sunday.

The deceased have been identified as Hari Magar, 35, and Jayaram Chaudhary.

The well is said to be around 60 metres deep.

Police together with Juddha Barun Yantra had pulled the bodies from the under-construction well.