Jharkhand: Three women killed as coal stockpile collapses in Bokaro

Bokaro, Nov 5 (UNI) Three women were killed and four others injured after a coal stockpile collapsed at the Kathara Colliery in Bokaro district of Jharkhand on Thursday morning, police said. The incident occurred around 4:45 am at Stockyard No. 5 under Kathara police outpost in the Bermo subdivision, when seven local residents, including six women and a man, were collecting discarded coal for domestic use. According to preliminary information, the victims were caught beneath a heap of rejected coal that suddenly collapsed. The injured were rescued and taken to the Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) hospital. They were later referred…