Two people were killed and several others injured when a two-storey building caved in due to construction of a basement next to it in Bareilly, police said on Thursday.
The incident took place in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly on Wednesday evening when the work of digging of the basement was going on at Fatehganj Paschim main market by one Deepak Goel, they told news agency Press Trust of India.
Due to the work, the adjoining building caved in killing two persons working in the basement.
While one of the injured persons is in a serious condition, the condition of the building owner and his domestic help is stated to be stable.
A probe is on in the matter, officials said.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
Video: 'Mirzapur' Plays Out In Bareilly, Shots Fired Across Busy Road Mentally Challenged Teen Raped By Neighbour In UP's Bareilly: Cops One Arrested, Another Charged For Hiding Identities To Befriend Women In UP: Cops "Sit Quiet": Bhavish Aggarwal As Kunal Kamra Flags Ola EV Issue Dinner With Kim Jong Un Or George Soros? S Jaishankar Was Asked. His Reply Egypt's Pyramids Built Using An Incredibly Clever Machine: Study EasyJet Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Passengers Brawl Mid-Air Scientists Explore the 'Third State' of Cells: Life After Death "Haryana Can Give Me Space": Kumari Selja, A Dalit, Day After Exit Polls Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.