The search for three workers suspected to have been buried under a mound of debris after the collapse of a stone quarry near Gundlupet has led to the recovery of one body, on Saturday.
The victim was identified as Azimullah, aged around 25 of Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh and search is on to locate two more workers feared to be trapped. Azimullah’s body was sent to the Chamarajanagar Government Hospital for post-mortem. The two others missing were identified as Sarfaraz and Miraz.
Earlier in the day district in-charge Minister V. Somanna said that there were 24 workers at the site when the quarry collapsed but they had accounted for 21 workers so far and search was on for two others who were still missing. Three others who were rescued late on Friday and are undergoing treatment in a hospital were named as Ashraf, Nasiruddin, and Francis.
