Jaipur, Sep 6 (PTI) Two women were killed and five others injured on Tuesday when they fell into a water tank at a religious place after the pavement collapsed in Rajasthan's Udaipur district, police said.

''Seven women had gathered at the religious place - 'Bai Raj Kund' - on the occasion of Ekadashi. Suddenly, the pavement collapsed due to which the women fell into the water tank,'' Dhan Mandi SHO Gopal Chandel said.

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He said that the five injured women have been admitted to a local hospital for treatment and are reportedly stable.

The deceased women have been identified as Vimala Devi (70) and Sajjan Kanwar (35), he said.

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The bodies have been kept at a hospital mortuary for post-mortem.

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