LUCKNOW, April 9 -- A six-month-old baby died after a dilapidated wall of the old and famous Hanuman temple collapsed in Dandaiya Bazaar, under the Aliganj police station limits, on Thursday, trapping the infant under the debris.

According to a Lucknow police statement, the incident took place around 11 am when a portion of the old temple wall suddenly caved in. Several families had built huts against the structure, and the child, the son of Gajodhar, an auto driver originally from Misrikh in Sitapur, was inside one such hut when the wall collapsed.

The local police, along with municipal teams and residents, launched a rescue operation immediately after receiving information. The infant was pulled out alive from the rubble and rushed to...