Jaipur, March 7 -- Around a dozen Muslim devotees sustained injuries when a portion of a balcony at Firdaus Masjid premises collapsed during Friday prayers (namaz) here this afternoon.

A fairly good number of devotees gathered at the mosque in the Bhatta Basti area of the Shastri Nagar here for the Jumma-e-Namaz in the holy month of Ramadan when the mishap occurred. The debris of the balcony fell on the namazi-s.

The police and the onlookers soon swung in action and rescued 15 persons from the debris.

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