5 labourers die

Five labourers of a company,

engaged in project work, were killed and 13 others injured in a mishap at Nungkao area in Manipur's Tamenglong district, official sources said today,

The labourers - identified as Md Bogen Chouriya (24), Md Atab Huisen (24), Suman Khan (20), Md Sanjit Marka (29) and Anwar Ali (20) - were from Assam.

The mishap took place on October 2 night.

The bodies were sent to the Jawajarlal Nehru Institute of Medical Science (JNIMS) hospital Imphal today.