Bhandara, March 5 -- Two workers were killed and another was injured as a slab collapsed in the Chikhla mines owned by Manganese Ore (India) Limited (MOIL), located in the Bhandara district of Maharashtra, officials confirmed on Wednesday.

According to the District Disaster Management Cell (DDMC), the bodies of the deceased have been sent to a sub-district hospital for postmortem. Meanwhile, the injured worker has been sent to Laksh Hopsital in the Bhandara district for treatment.

A statement from the disaster management cell identified the deceased as Vijay Nandlal (50), and Arun Jeevanlal Chormar (41). Whereas the injured worker has been identified as Shankar Sahadev Vishwakarma (56). All three workers are permanent employees at the m...