Punjab: 1 dead, 18 injured due to roof collapse
Punjab: One person died and 18 others including women and children were injured when the roof of the house of Harbhajan Singh Lovely of Sabhara village collapsed on Sunday. The Sahaj Paath bhog ceremony was going on at the time of the incident. It is being told that Lovely had got a son. He had invited villagers and relatives to his house for Sahaj Paath. Patti DSP Kanwalpreet Singh said that the deceased has been identified as Gurpreet Singh (34), a resident of Harike. On the roof, the ragi jatha was performing kirtan with a large number of people, while langar was being prepared in the room below and many people were sitting there. Suddenly the roof collapsed and people were trapped in the debris. The villagers started a rescue operation. Saving the Guru Granth Sahib was their top priority. Patti Civil Hospital SMO Dr. Ashish Gupta sent five ambulances to take the injured to nearby hospitals. Doctors declared Gurpreet Singh dead. The injured were identified as Minnu Kaur, Ravinder Kaur, Nirmaljit Kaur, Harmandeep Kaur, Gurmeet Kaur of Patti, Harpinder Singh, Gurmeet Kaur of Rajasansi, Dilbag Singh Barwala, Jatinder Singh, Manjit Kaur of Zira, Baljit Kaur, Charanjit Kaur, Mandeep Kaur, Rajwinder Kaur, Harpreet Kaur, Bhajan Singh, Jugar Singh and Shingara Singh. They are said to be out of danger.
