MANGALURU: Three construction labourers from Bangladesh were buried alive when mud caved in on them at a construction site at Farangipete Junction on Tuesday. Three others, who were also working on the same site, were rescued. The deceased have been identified as Milone (20), Memun (23) and Korikome (20).
The injured have been identified as Khatabuddin of West Bengal, Raju and Jithendra of Bihar. Another person—Shabiullah—miraculously escaped in the incident.
According to police sources, the construction work of a commercial complex was going on at Jumadigudde, behind the Pudu Gram Panchayat office.
The work began six months ago and pillar works of the commercial complex have been completed. In order to complete the remaining work, as many as 15 labourers were engaged in the work on Tuesday morning.
A major portion of mud collapsed on them around 2.30 pm. Though seven labourers were trapped under the mud, due to the quick rescue operation, four were rescued. However, they could not rescue the other three who died of suffocation.
After a three-hour long operation, the fire personnel succeeded in recovering the bodies. Superintendent of Police Sharanappa S D, Additional Superintendent of Police Rahul Kumar, Circle Inspector Belliappa, Tahsildar Purandar Hegde among others rushed to the spot and led the rescue operation.