PRAYAGRAJ, April 28 -- Five women died and four others were injured after a mud mound collapsed while they were digging soil to apply it on their huts in Tikardih village under Kokhraj police station in Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi district on Monday, police said.

Lalita, 28, Sunita, 30, Uma, 18, Kachrahi, 60, and Khushi, 20, died on the spot, they added. The injured, including Maina Devi, 45, Sapna Devi, 16, Aakrosh, 35, and Lakshmi Devi, 35, were initially rushed to a community health centre in Manjhanpur and later referred to Kaushambi medical college, the police said.

Expressing grief over the deaths, chief minister Yogi Adityanath directed officials to reach the site immediately and expedite the relief and rescue operations besides en...