Two Nepali migrant workers have died in Saudi Arabia after accidently inhaling toxic gas. 

The Nepali Embassy in the Saudi capital Riyadh has identified the deceased as Bal Krishna Basnet, 43, of Diktel-1, Khotang and Jhabindra Prasad Banjade of Dang, who were working as drivers at Jubail-based Global Environmental Management Service Company.  

Basnet died on the spot, while Banjade breathed his last on the way to a hospital, according to the embassy. The company’s safety officer had found the victims lying unconscious beside a vehicle. “They [victims] should have stayed inside the safety room. But they seemed to have fallen asleep inside their vehicle with air-conditioning on,” said another Nepali migrant worker. 

“Fanned by blowing wind, the gases entered the vehicle through the air condition. The occupants breathed on it and were killed.”