Toddler dies in wall collapse

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Press Trust of India Raisen (MP)
Last Updated : Jun 25 2017 | 6:57 PM IST
An 18-month-old girl died and seven members of her family were injured when the wall of an under-construction building collapsed on their house in Begumganj town in the district today, police said.
"A one-and-half-year old girl child died and seven others injured when the wall of the three-storey building which is under construction collapsed during the thunderstorm this morning. The wall fell on the house of Rajkumar Shilpkar living behind the building," Begumganj police station in-charge Alok Shrivastava said.
All the injured, belonging to the Shilpkar family, were rescued and admitted in a local hospital. Later, they were referred to Bhopal for further treatment, he added.
A case has been registered under section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of IPC against the builders who are absconding.

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First Published: Jun 25 2017 | 6:57 PM IST

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