Satna, Oct 4 (PTI) One person was killed and five others were injured after a building collapsed in Madhya Pradesh's Satna town, officials said on Wednesday.

The three-storey building crashed in a market area under City Kotwali police station limits around Tuesday midnight, the official said.

Also Read | Tamil Nadu Horror: Man Hacks Class 12 Boy to Death For Refusing Sex in Cuddalore, Accused Absconding.

A labourer, identified as Chhotelal Kushwaha, resident of Singhpur village in Satna district, died in the building collapse, Kotwali police station in-charge Shankhdhar Dwivedi.

The body was taken out in the wee hours of Wednesday, he said.

Also Read | Cambodia Bars Right Livelihood Winners from Travel to Awards.

Five persons have been rescued. They have received injuries and are being treated in hospital, City Superintendent of Police Mahendra Singh Chouhan said.

He said as per initial information, the incident took place when renovation work was underway in a shop on the building's ground floor after the market closed on Tuesday night.

Satna Municipal Corporation Commissioner Abhishek Gehlot said authorities had received information that some labourers were trapped in the building, following which teams of the civic body, district administration and police started the rescue operation.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)