PRAYAGRAJ, May 3 -- Three people, including a woman and her young daughter, were killed after a mud mound collapsed during digging work in Chak Thambha village under Manjhanpur police station limits in Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi district on Sunday morning.

The incident occurred when villagers were digging mud for personal use. Continuous excavation had created a hollow, tunnel-like cavity beneath the mound. As women and children entered the space to collect more mud, the structure suddenly caved in, trapping them underneath, police said.

The deceased were identified as Geeta Devi, 34, her daughter Ankita, 9, and their neighbour Uttara Devi, 42. Two others-Geeta's 11-year-old son Amit Kumar and another woman, Jitiya Devi, 45-sustained ser...