Three labourers were killed on Sunday when a mound of mud fell on them at a construction site in the Bhavanpur area of this district, police said.
The incident took place when the work of digging of the basement of an under-construction house was going on, Additional SP (Rural) Kamlesh Bahadur said.
The injured labourers were taken to a hospital where they died during treatment, he said.
The victims were identified as Ramchandra, Guru Prasad and Ram Pravesh -- all aged between 35 and 40 years, police said.
An FIR is being registered against the contractor and house owner under relevant sections of IPC, they added.
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