Labourer buried alive as slab of old house caves in

BAREILLY: A labourer who was hired to carry out repairs of a dilapidated house in Rampur’s Civil Lines area was buried alive in the debris as a slab on which he was standing cave in. The house owner was booked for negligence on Saturday following a complaint filed by the wife of the deceased. The deceased was identified as Sumit Kumar, a resident of Moradabad’s Jaitpur Bisahat under Mundha Pandey police jurisdiction. Sanjay Pancha, SHO of Civil Lines Kotwali, Rampur, said, “The accident took place when Kumar climbed on top of the building and the slab collapsed, perhaps due to the weak structure. Locals and labourers pulled him out from the debris. He was rushed to the Rampur district hospital, where he succumbed to injuries. Based on a complaint from the deceased's wife, a case of negligence has been registered against the house owner, Abhishek. Further action is underway.”