Illegal mining: 4 killed, 3 minors hurt in Baran as earth caves in

KOTA: Four of seven labourers, engaged in illegal mining on Parvati river under Atru police station of Baran district, were killed after a large portion of the soil caved in and buried them on Thursday afternoon. While the four, two women and two men, were killed on the spot, the three injured have been rushed to the Baran district hospital and are undergoing treatment.
The labourers were digging soil for personal use from the deep riverbed of Parvati river when a large portion of the soil fell over them, burying them under the soil, said ASP Baran Vijay Swarnkar. The mishap occurred around 2pm on Thursday.
Local residents immediately started the rescue operation and were later joined by the police and administration. The labourers were pulled out of the soil with the help of JCB machines and rushed to a local hospital where the doctors on duty declared four of them dead, he said, adding that the other three injured, two minor boys and a minor girl, were taken to the Baran hospital for treatment.
The deceased labourers have been identified as Ravi Sahariya (20), Bacchan Sahariya (28), Seema Ohde (17) and Phoolabai (43), all residents of Atru town, while the injured labourers are Priya alias Pari Ohde (16), Badal Sahariya (17) and Sourabh Sahariya (15) , also of Atru.
The autopsy of the four deceased is being done at the government hospital in Atru, the ASP said. Further investigation into the mishap is underway.