According to police, seven people were killed on Friday in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar district after a section of a limestone mine collapsed on top of them.
Six women were among the deceased, they said.
According to a local police officer, the event happened in Maalgaon village, which is in the jurisdiction of Nagarnar police station, about 12 kilometres from Jagdalpur, the district’s administrative centre.
“The victims were digging soil in the mine when a part of it caved in, due to which they got trapped under the debris,” he said.
Police officers arrived at the scene quickly after being made aware of it and started the rescue effort, he claimed.
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According to him, two people died while they were being taken to a hospital, while five people died right away.
According to early reports, only seven people were digging in the ground, but he said that rescue efforts were still in process.
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