A labourer was today killed and another injured when a large chunk of rock fell on them while they were working in a stone mine in Rajauli area of Nawada district.
The labourers had been employed by a contractor illegally in the mine that had been closed by a government order, Rajauli Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sarfur Rehman said.
The deceased has been identified as Rajendra Chandravanshi, he said.
"The contractor was indulging in stone mining in Baudi village in Rajauli area without government permission. He had employed several labourers for the purpose. Two labourers were injured when the piece of rock fell on them," said the DSP.
Rehman said that the contractor took the two injured labourers to a hospital at Koderma in neighbouring Jharkhand, where Chandravanshi died during treatment. The condition of the other injured is also stated to be serious.
The police has sent the body for post-mortem. So far no arrest has been made, he said.
