Jaunpur (UP), May 5 (PTI) A man and his 12-year-old daughter were killed after a wall of their kutcha house collapsed in a village here, police said on Friday.

The man's younger daughter was injured in the incident which took place in Baraiya Qazi villager under Sarai Khwaja police station, they said.

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Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Ram Achaibar said a wall of the house of Rajdhari (40) collapsed on Thursday night, trapping him and his two daughters -- Deepanjali (12) and Chanchal (8) -- under the debris.

The three were pulled out from the rubble by the villagers and admitted to a private hospital in Malhani. Rajdhari was declared dead by the doctors at the hospital, while Deepanjali and Chanchal were referred to the district hospital, he said.

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Deepanjali succumbed to her injuries at the district hospital in the morning, he added.

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