JAIPUR: Nine persons were killed and 15 others injured when the eaves of a building collapsed during wedding rituals in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district last night.
The incident occurred in Pidhi village in Kumher police station area where the ' Bhaat ' ritual was going on.
Several people were sitting on the eaves to watch the ceremony. Suddenly, the structure gave in and the people sitting under it got trapped, Assistant SP ( Bhartpur rural) Dharmendra Singh told PTI.
The victims were rushed to a nearby hospital where some of them were declared brought dead and some died during treatment.
8 of the 15 deceased, that included both men and women, have been admitted to the SMS Hospital in Jaipur, he said