Shivpuri: Two women were killed when a mine collapsed while they were digging out its soil in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district, police said on Tuesday, April 26.
The incident took place on Monday evening near a canal of the Sular river, said Punit Bajpai, Bamor Kala police station in-charge.
The two victims, along with some others, had gone there to dig up the soil. While digging, they went deep into the cave-shaped mine which later collapsed on them, Bajpai said.
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Some girls accompanying them then raised an alarm, following which villagers pulled out the two women from the debris, the official said.
One of them died on the spot while the other succumbed during treatment in a hospital, Bajpai said.
(PTI)