Three workers, including two brothers, killed and four others hurt when the roof of a house under construction collapsed in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, officials reported. The incident occurred around 8 PM on Monday as the workers were finishing for the day and starting the mixer machine. Suddenly, the shuttering gave way, causing the roof to fall.
According to police, the roof, owned by Ram Teerth Dhuriya been poured. Station House Officer (SHO) Sandeep Rai identified the victims as Anand (23), his brother Vikram (20), and Himanshu (22), all from Arjunpur village in Lambhua.
3 workers killed in Uttar Pradesh house roof collapse case
The injured included Subhash (36), Afsar Ali (40), and Ravi Saroj (26). Ravi later sent to the Government Medical College due to the seriousness of his injuries. Another worker, Arun Chauhan (25), son of Kashi Ram, rescued from the debris after about an hour and taken to CHC Lambhua.
District Magistrate Kumar Harsh and Superintendent of Police Kunwar Anupam Singh visited the site in Dhariyamau village, under the Lambhua police station’s area, to evaluate the situation. Rescue operations went on late into the night, with the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) team from Ayodhya recovering the bodies of Anand, Vikram, and Himanshu after midnight, according to the SHO.
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