Roof collapses, 2 die

Two persons, including a 9-year-old girl, were killed when the roof of an under-construction house collapsed in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district today.

Mohammed Sadiq, a labourer, and Tanya Banoo, aged nine, were killed when a portion of the roof caved in in Nowtas village in Thathri belt, SSP (Doda) Arif Reshu said.

Some people had assembled on the roof-top when it collapsed, he said.

The bodies were handed over to the family for last rites after legal formalities, the SSP said.