Two workers lost their lives with one being injured after the wooden beams supporting an under-construction overhanging eave of a building collapsed in Dharmapal Khadda Colony under the Surajpur police station area on Monday, the police said.
The victims have been identified as Ajay, 28, and Rajender Singh, 53. The third worker remains hospitalized, receiving treatment for their injuries.
A police spokesperson said some masons were working on constructing the overhanging eave on the third floor of the building when the wooden beams collapsed, with the deceased and injured falling on the ground.
Three grievously injured workers were taken to a nearby hospital where doctors declared two of them dead, the official said.
According to them, the families of the deceased have not yet complained. Once a complaint is received, an investigation would be initiated into the incident, police further stated.
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