Dhaka, June 20 -- In a shocking turn of incidents, four people, including a father and his son, have died after entering an abandoned well in Tangail's Madhupur Upazila.

A bid to save a child who descended into the well to retrieve a goat ended in the deaths.

The incident occurred around 8:30am at Teliki Joloi area on Saturday, Madhupur Police chief AKM Fazlul Haque said.

The dead were identified as Babul Hadima, 48; his son Neymar Mrong, 10; Ratan Nokrek, 24; and Gabriel Nokrek, 32. All were members of an ethnic minority community.

According to police, citing local residents, a goat kid fell into the abandoned well in the morning.

Neymar reportedly climbed down to retrieve the animal but stopped responding after entering the well. ...