Chitrakoot: 2 women, a minor dead after mound of earth caves in

Two women and a minor girl were killed while two others sustained critical injuries when a mound of earth caved in during digging work in Basingha village under Raipura police station area here on Friday, police said.

The incident took place when the women were digging earth for household work in the afternoon, Raipura SHO Sushil Chandra Sharma said.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed his grief over the incident and directed district authorities to extend an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh to each of the deceased next of kin, an official spokesman said in Lucknow.

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