India News | Three Dead in Mud Mound Collapse in UP's Sonbhadra

Sonbhadra (UP), Feb 10 (PTI) Three people died after a mound of mud collapsed on them in this district on Saturday, police said.

The incident took place in the Anpara police station area, they said.

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Circle Officer (CO) Amit Kumar said some people belonging to Bairpur Tola had come to collect soil from a mud hillock when the mound collapsed on them.

The local people pulled out the the victims -- Rameshwari Devi (40), Shivkumari (35) and Ramsurat (40) -- who died in the accident.

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One other local was injured and he has been admitted to hospital.

The CO said the police had sent the bodies for autopsy.

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