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He rushed to rescue the shop owner, but he too died of asphyxiation. CHENNAI: It took just a few minutes for six people to fall dead, one after another, when noxious gas emanating from a septic tank hit them, at Sriperumpudur, 40km from Chennai, on Tuesday. On hearing Krishnamurthy’s cries for help, his elder son Kannan (30) rushed to rescue and he fainted too. Kancheepuram district superintendent of police Santhosh Haidmeni and assistant superintendent of police Rajesh Khanna rushed to the spot and held an inquiry. The victims included a man and his two sons.It started with trader Krishnamurthy, who had engaged a sewage clearing truck to pump out sewage from his sump, peeped inside the tank and got asphyxiated instantly..