Archive · 23 May 2025
Wall Collapse in Gonda Claims Three Lives, Including Minor
A wall fell down in a village in India while workers were digging a big hole near a religious building.
Sadly, three people were killed, one of them a child.
Another person was badly hurt.
The wall was being dug for a new wall without the permission of the local government.
The police are now looking into what happened.
They are also promising help to the families of the people who were hurt or killed.
The government is going to give money to the families that were affected.
A wall collapsed during unauthorized excavation near a shrine in Gonda, India.
Three people, including a minor, died in the incident.
One person was critically injured and referred to Lucknow for treatment.
Excavation was for a boundary wall expansion, without official permission.
Police are investigating; the administration promised compensation.
- Who
- Shakeel Mohammad, Fakir Mohammad, and Asad died; Farzan Raza was injured.
- What
- A wall collapse during excavation resulted in three deaths and one injury.
- When
- Late Wednesday night.
- Where
- Gonda's Pipra Mahima village.
- Why
- The wall collapsed due to unauthorized excavation for a shrine expansion.
- Location
- Gonda's Pipra Mahima village
- Deceased
- Shakeel Mohammad (50), Fakir Mohammad (20), and Asad (14)
- Injured
- Farzan Raza (38)
- Cause
- Expansion of the Masoom-e-Millat shrine
- Reason for Collapse
- Unauthorized excavation
- Police Response
- Under investigation; strict action promised