At least 18 people have been killed and several others injured or trapped in debris after the roof of a crematorium collapsed in Ghaziabad’s Muradnagar. A team of police and NDRF personnel are at the spot and conducting rescue operations.
The roof in an area undergoing construction work reportedly collapsed when people attending a funeral were taking shelter from rain.
Defence minister and MP from Lucknow Rajnath Singh expressed anguish at the incident and extended condolence to the family of those killed.
ग़ाज़ियाबाद के मुरादनगर में श्मशान घाट की छत गिर जाने के कारण कई लोगों की मृत्यु के समाचार से मुझे अत्यंत दुख पहुंचा है। दुख की इस घड़ी में मैं मृतकों के परिजनों के प्रति अपनी संवेदना व्यक्त करता हूं, साथ ही कामना करता हूं कि हादसे में घायल हुए लोग जल्द से जल्द स्वस्थ हों।
— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) January 3, 2021
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