Jaipur:

Three labourers died after they were buried under sand at a construction site in Jaipur on Monday, police said.

The labourers were identified as Ramjanm Singh (35) and Prem Singh (30), both residents of Jharkhand, and Irshad Alam (23), a resident of Bihar, they said.

Station House Officer, Ramnagaria, Arun Kumar said the three labourers died when a mound of sand fell on them at a construction site in the Jagatpura area.

While Ramjanm Singh died on the spot, the other two died during treatment at a hospital, he said.

The bodies have been kept at the hospital mortuary for post-mortem examination and their family members have been informed, the SHO said.

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