By IANS,
Noida : Eleven people died and 10 more were injured when a wall collapsed on their slums in Noida due to heavy rain, police said.
The incident occurred at 11.00 p.m. Monday in Bishanpura locality.
The police said Raghuraj Chauhan, the owner of the wall, had raised it up to 12 feet to shut out the slums which were visible from his residence. On Monday night when it was raining, the wall collapsed on the slums.
“We rushed the victims to different hospitals where 11 were declared dead among which five were women and children. An entire family was eliminated in the accident which included two sons, two daughters and their father.
“A case has been registered in sector-58 police station and rescue operations are being carried out. The 10 injured are being looked after in different hospitals in the city,” said A.K. Tripathi, superintendent of police.