A woman was killed and seven other people were injured as an old wall of a defunct factory collapsed on their houses at Jagatpur near here on Tuesday morning.
The deceased was identified as Monalisha Mishra. Members of five families residing near the factory wall were injured in the incident.
The injured were shifted to the SCB Medical College Hospital here after they were rescued from the rubble. The conditions of some of them were stated to be critical, sources said.The factory owner was not available for his comments on the incident.