New Delhi, Nov. 7 -- One labourer was killed and five others injured after a slab of the roof of an under-construction house collapsed in Ghaziabad's Modinagar locality on Saturday, officials said.
The deceased labourer was identified as Gauri Shankar alias Chhotu, 32. He died after being buried under the rubble in Sikri Kala. One person died while five others have been rescued after the incident at the construction site, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Rural) Surendra Nath Tiwari told media persons.
He said Modinagar police and other emergency-response forces quickly joined the rescue work, and credited locals for assisting in the initial relief efforts. The owner of the under-construction structure, Surendra, is being interrogated about the nature of the construction, the DCP said.
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