Lucknow, Feb. 25 -- In a tragic incident,at least seven migrant labourers hailing from Jammu were killed and more than 30 sustained injuries after a compressor exploded in cold storage in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district on Friday.

Quoting an official a report said that the explosion took place in the afternoon and at least 40 workers were present on the site.

The deceased have been identified as Balwant, Baldev, Balbir Singh, Sat Pal, Ramesh Lal, Kalu - all residents of Udhampur and Hoshiywar Singh of Ramban.

The labourers had come to Meerut to pick potatoes in the cold storage. Most of them were aged between 35 and 50 and were the sole breadwinnersof their families.

According to the police, the incident took place in Daurala town. Th...