Seven workers were killed after a boulder collapsed at a stone quarry on the outskirts of Bengaluru on Thursday, said Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar.

Six others were also injured and have been shifted to a hospital, reported The Indian Express.

Several more workers are feared trapped under the debris, and rescue operations are ongoing, the newspaper quoted an unidentified police officer as saying.

The incident occurred around 7.30 am at a stone quarry in Madapattana village, located in Bengaluru South taluk.

The boulder collapsed from a height of about 40 feet at the spot where workers were operating machinery. At least 20 labourers, most of them migrants from Bihar and from Karnataka’s Yadgir district, were working at the site, reported The Hindu.

The quarry reportedly belongs to a man identified as Anandaswamy, who has been taken into custody, said the police. A case is yet to be registered, reported The Indian Express.

Shivakumar said the government was waiting for a detailed report on the boulder collapse and that further action wou;d be taken based on it.

The police and the Mines and Geology Department have already visited the site, the chief minister told reporters.

“It is also being ascertained whether the quarry was operating legally and whether all safety regulations were followed,” he added.

Shivakumar also said that a decision on the compensation for the...

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