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MP: 14 including 13 children killed in 2 separate incidents of wall collapse
The children, all students of Sunrise Public School, were returning home early due to heavy rainfall when a wall of a house, located 20 metres from the school, fell and buried them, police said
Bhopal: Fourteen people, including 13 children and a woman, were killed while six others suffered injuries in two separate incidents of wall collapse in Madhya Pradesh after the state was battered with heavy rainfall in the past 48 hours, officials said on Sunday.
Nine children were killed and four were injured after a house wall collapsed on them near a temple in Sagar district on Sunday morning.
Officials said the incident took place during a religious programme in Shahpur village. The children were in the age group of 10 to 14 years.
“The accident took place in Shahpur of Rahli assembly at around 10am on Sunday. The rescue operation was started immediately to clear the debris. As many as nine children were found dead while four were found injured,” said additional superintendent of police (Add. SP) Sanjeev Uike.
“The wall of the house adjacent to the temple where the children were sitting and making Shivling in the temple suddenly collapsed. The house was about 40 years old. As soon as the information was received, the Municipal Council employees, police, and locals reached the spot and started the rescue together,” said the ASP.
In another incident, four school students and a woman were killed, while two others—a student and her mother—suffered injuries after a wall of a dilapidated house fell on them in Madhya Pradesh’s Rewa on Saturday, police said.
Police said the incident took place in Garh town at around 3pm.
The children, all students of Sunrise Public School, were returning home early due to heavy rainfall when a wall of a house, located 20 metres from the school, fell and buried them, police said.
Police have identified the deceased as Anshika Gupta (5), Manya Gupta (7), Siddharth Gupta (5), Anuj Prajapati (6), and Rani Prajapati (27), all residents of Garh town.
Additional superintendent of police Vivek Lal said the police have arrested Ramesh Namdev and Satish Namdev, owners of the house.
The house was located just 20 meters away on the way to school.
School administration and parents have been asking the owners for a long time to demolish the wall, said the addl. SP.
“A student and her mother were also injured in the accident and were rushed to Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Rewa in critical condition,” he added.
Meanwhile, chief minister Mohan Yadav expressed grief over Saturday’s incident and announced financial aid of Rs.2 lakh each to the families of the deceased children.
