Maharashtra: 4 women killed as soil caves in at dam site in Nagpur

Four women were killed and three people sustained injuries as soil caved in at dam site in Nagpur district of Maharashtra on Friday.

Nagpur:Four women were killed and three people sustained injuries when soil caved in near AdasaPatkakhedi village in Nagpur district on Friday morning, police said.

Anusaya Hirdey Tekam (45), Varsha Shamlal Madavi (26), Sunita Kailas (35) and Rampyari Udaysingh Kakoria (18), all residents of Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh, were engaged in digging work along with 30 others to build a small dam when the incident happened, an official said.

"We have registered a case of causing death by negligence against contractor Mandeep Choudhary and engineer Jagdish Prasad," said Inspector Ashok Koli of Saoner police station.

PTI Report