Gurugram: Three women were killed and five others were injured after a mud wall collapsed on them in Haryana's Gurugram on Tuesday. The incident took place at Tarapur village under the limits Pataudi police station area. All eight women were working as diggers under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA).
The women were working at the site when the mud wall suddenly caved in on them. Three women died on the spot while five others were seriously injured. On receiving the information, the police and the health department team reached the spot.
The police then pulled out the women from the mud with the help of locals. The injured were rushed to the Pataudi Civil Hospital for treatment and the bodies were sent for post-mortem. Police sources said that a probe is underway into the incident.
