Two labourers killed as wall collapses in Varanasi

Two labourers were killed when wall of the well from which they were taking out bricks collapsed in Mundali, police said on Saturday.

Two labourers were killed when wall of the well from which they were taking out bricks collapsed in Mundali, police said on Saturday.

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Patiraj Chauhan, 42, and Pramod Ram, 30, were taking out the bricks from the 60-ft deep well's wall on Friday when the wall collapsed suddenly around noon.

Both the workers were trapped under the debris which was removed with the help of three JCB machines. It took 11 hours to take the bodies out from debris.

Police have recovered both the bodies and sent them for postmortem.