India, Aug. 8 -- Two people were crushed to death on Friday after a 10-foot-high dilapidated wall of a private school in DLF Phase-2 collapsed on them, police said, adding that it is likely the wall fell due to heavy rain.

The deceased were identified as Dayanand, 45, and Suraj, 35, both natives of Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district.

Police said the school management had hired a nursery owner from Shahjahanpur for landscaping and plantation work at the premises. The owner sent the two men to the school on Friday morning.

The incident occurred between 2pm and 2.30pm while they were carrying out beautification work, police said.

A senior police officer said the three-storey school building was being renovated and strengthen...