A tragic accident has come to light in Madhya Pradesh. Husband and wife, who were digging coal illegally, were buried alive due to soil collapse. At that time three other people were also present there, who managed to escape. This incident happened on Sunday evening.

A couple died due to soil collapse while digging coal illegally in a village in Shahdol district of Madhya Pradesh. Police gave this information on Monday. The incident took place in Dhangawan village of Budhar police station area at around six o'clock on Sunday evening. Budhar police station in-charge Sanjay Jaiswal told PTI-Bhasha that some people were digging coal illegally on the banks of Son river when they got buried due to soil collapse.

He said that the police reached the spot and found a man and a woman buried under the debris. The officer said that the deceased have been identified as Omkar Yadav, 40, and his wife Parvati, 38. He said three other people present there during the incident managed to escape.

Superintendent of Police Ramji Srivastava said a lot of soil had accumulated due to illegal coal mining activity on the river bank. When these people were digging coal there, the soil collapsed, burying two people. He said debris was being removed from the spot to find out if there were any other casualties. Police are investigating the matter.