A tragic incident occurred at Shri Ganga Hotel on the Ujjain-Dewas Road in Madhya Pradesh, where four young men died of suffocation while cleaning a hotel chamber at around 10 PM on October 31, 2026.

Victims and rescue efforts

The deceased include three sanitation workers and one hotel supervisor, who have been identified as Kamlesh Tamboli, Wahid Khan, Manoj Meena, and Nitin.

During the incident, two other people who went down to rescue them also fell ill and were immediately admitted to a hospital.

Compensation and management lapses

According to Member of Parliament Anil Firojiya, the hotel operator will provide financial assistance of 30 lakh rupees to the family of each deceased person. Preliminary information indicates that the hotel management had not obtained a receipt from the municipal corporation for this cleaning work.