House collapse in Greater Noida kills woman, injures husband

New Delhi: A woman was killed and her husband sustained injuries after their house collapsed in Greater Noida on Saturday.

The incident occurred on Friday night when 45-year-old Shakeela Begum and her husband Qadeer, 48, were sleeping inside their house in Bilaspur area of Dankaur.

The house collapsed at around 10.30 pm and both of them got trapped under the rubble, the police said.

According to police, the neighbours and other locals reached the spot first, pulled the couple out and rushed them to a nearby private hospital.

The woman was declared dead by the doctors at the hospital, while the man was referred to an urban hospital for further treatment.

The police is investigating the reasons for the hose collapse.