Officials said a woman died and 11 other persons were injured when a homestay-cum-shee-her-shell wall collapsed near Bageshwar Dham in Chhatrapur district of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday.
Three of the injured persons were described as important, he said. The wall of the homestay located in Gada village collapsed due to heavy rains at night. A woman, known as Anita Devi (40), died, Bamita police station in -charge Ashutosh Shroti said.
The deceased met Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh, he said. Asked about the incident, Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Akhil Rathore told PTI that 12 persons were injured in the collapse of the wall, which took place between 5 and 6 am and was immediately rushed to the hospital. A woman died between them, he said.
The SDM said that four injured persons were sent to Gwalior, while five others were sent after treatment in Mirzapur. Two injured persons were admitted to the district hospital in Chhatrapur and were undergoing treatment, he said, he will be sent to Howrah as per his wish.
Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr. RP Gupta said that the restaurant wall collapsed due to heavy rains. All the injured persons were undergoing treatment. Some of them have faced fracture, they said. The official said that most of these people were from Mirzapur and Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh.
Anita Devi’s daughter Ansika, who was incompatible, said many people were trapped under a wall of the room, where they were sleeping after the incident. Eyewitnesses said that devotees visiting Bageshwar Dham were sleeping in a hall of Homestay, when its wall collapsed due to heavy rains.
Gulab, who was injured in the incident, said that he had come from Kolkata and came to Bageshwar Dham to seek blessings from his seer. He said that the wall of the homestay collapsed, causing all the devotees who were sleeping in the hall.
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He said that some people around immediately informed the police, after which all the injured persons were taken to an ambulance in the district hospital. On July 3, one person died and four others were injured after a tent collapsed due to heavy rains in the Bageshwar Dham complex. He came to seek blessings from Bageshwar Dham Ser Dhirendra Shastri.
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