Ghazipur (UP): Two persons died allegedly of asphyxiation on entering a well in Narainpur village in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Friday.

Police on Thursday raided an illicit liquor factory in the village and dumped the material seized from it in a dry well. After the police team left, two villagers - Bablu Bind (41) and Neeraj Bind (30) - entered the well, allegedly to retrieve the material but did not come out.