The roof of the temple verandah collapsed in the course of the distribution of ‘prasad’ to locals and ‘kanwariyas’, they stated.
A 17-year-old girl was killed and eight folks had been injured when a portion of a temple collapsed in the Shahganj space of this Uttar Pradesh district on Monday, police stated.
The roof of the temple verandah collapsed in the course of the distribution of ‘prasad’ to locals and ‘kanwariyas’, they stated.
The incident occurred round 8 am. Several folks trapped in the rubble had been rescued and despatched to a metropolis hospital, Deputy Commissioner of Police (City) Suraj Kumar Rai stated.
The useless has been recognized as Jyoti, he stated.
Pawan Kumar, an eyewitness, stated, “I escaped because I had come out of the temple a few minutes before the incident. All of us rushed inside when we heard the screams of the people trapped in the debris and began to pull them out.”
A 17-year-old girl was discovered useless and the injured had been despatched for therapy by the police, he added.
The verandah, which was already structurally weak, was battered by rain over the previous few days, Kumar stated.
