Korba, May 28 -- Two people were killed and another sustained injuries after a portion of a boundary wall of a coal mine collapsed in Korba district of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, police said.
The incident took place in the early hours at South Eastern Coalfields Limited's (SECL) Gevra open-cast coal mine.
Officials said that the three people had allegedly entered the mine to steal coal when a portion of the boundary wall of the Dipka and Gevra mines suddenly collapsed.
An official aware of the details, on condition of anonymity, said Vishal Yadav (18) and Dhan Singh Kanwar (24) got trapped under the debris of coal and died, while Sahil Dhanwar was injured.htc
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