India, June 16 -- A couple died after a brick wall for soil-retention collapsed on them during a basement construction of a residential society in Sohna on Sunday, said police. The incident took place at Sohna Dhani village between 1.30pm and 1.45pm. The couple identified as Prashant Kumar, 32, and his wife Lakshmi Devi, 29, were working in the basement with other daily-wage workers for piling work, said investigators.

Police said that the retention wall was newly constructed to stop a soil cave in the basement. However, probably due to some error, the entire pressure of the soil came on the wall and it collapsed on the two workers crushing them to death.

The couple hailed from Lalitpur district of Uttar Pradesh and were living in Sohna...