India, Oct. 11 -- A 32-year-old woman was killed and her five-year-old daughter suffered injuries after the rear portion of a three-storey building at Hastsal Vihar near Uttam Nagar in southwest Delhi that they were living in, collapsed on Friday evening, said police, adding that some construction and renovation work was being carried out by a couple who had recently purchased the building.

According to police, the ceilings of the building were constructed using iron girders and stone slabs. While removing the girders on the upper floors, the rear portion of the structure collapsed.

Police said the woman, identified by her single name Poonam, and her daughter, Navya (single name) were present on the ground floor of the building when the...