Lucknow April 5 (IANS) A youth died on Friday after falling in a well while trying to flee from the police in Uttar Pradesh s Chitrakoot district officials said.
The incident took place when a police team tried to bust a gang of gamblers in Karvi.
The victim Bhola 19 was pulled out by his friends and was rushed to the Karvi district hospital in a critical state a police official said.
He died while he was on his way to Kanpur for further treatment.
Bhola s family has claimed that there were injury marks on his body and that he was beaten up by other members of the gang.
The police has launched a probe.
--IANS
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