Shivpuri: Two women were killed when a mine collapsed while they were digging out its soil in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place on Monday evening near a canal of the Sular river, Bamor Kala police station in-charge Punit Bajpai said.
The two victims along with some others had gone there to dig up the soil.
While digging, they went deep into the cave-shaped mine which later collapsed on them, he said. Some girls accompanying them raised an alarm following which villagers pulled out the two women from the debris, the official said. One of them died on the spot, while another woman succumbed during treatment in a hospital, he said.
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