One labourer died on Friday morning while five others escaped unhurt when an under construction basement collapsed at Sector-19, Chandigarh.
Six labourers were digging mud from 15-20 feet deep pit when suddenly huge amount of mud earlier taken out began to fall.
While 4 labourers managed to come out of the big pit, two others got stuck under the mounds of earth.
Police was informed immediately and the fire brigade squad also reached the spot along with the PCR and ambulance.
Police and fire brigade officials managed to extricate two labourers from the pit. Though one of them only had minor injuries, the other was critically injured and rushed to Government Multi Specialty Hospital sector-16 where he succumbed to injuries after some time.
The person who died in the incident was identified as Shabir Ali, a resident of Manimajra and hailing from Uttar Pradesh.
According to the police, Ramesh Chand, the owner of Bharat Crockery located at sector-18 owned the area and was getting construction done under a contractor named Amruddin.
Harjeet Kaur, SHO of sector-19 police station said that a case has been registered against the owner of the place Ramesh Chand and the contractor. No arrests have been made.