Bengaluru rains trigger cave-in at construction site, two labourers killed

J Shiva (30) and Mandhusudan Reddy (55) were trapped under loose soil at a Yelahanka construction site after Monday night’s downpour; police have registered a case.

Bengaluru: Two labourers were killed at a construction site when soil dug out for the foundation caved in on them here in Yelahanka, police said on Tuesday.

According to police, J Shiva (30) and Mandhusudan Reddy (55) were working at a mega construction site on Monday night.

Due to heavy downpour on Monday night, the soil loosened and collapsed on the duo, the police said.

While Shiva died on Monday night, Madhusudan breathed his last in the hospital in the wee hours of Tuesday, police sources added. The Yelahanka police have registered a case in this regard.