Dumka (Jharkhand), Oct 12: Two minor boys died on Saturday after getting buried beneath a mound of soil while playing at Jogia Mode in Dumka district, police said.
The deceased have been identified as Md Arif and Md Soif (aged 10-12 years), they said.
The incident on Dumka-Deoghar road took place when the minors, who are paternal cousins, were playing near the construction site of an overbridge, Officer-in-Charge of Jermundi police station Shyamanand Mandal said.
While playing, they climbed the mound and got buried under it, Mandal said.
Local residents rushed to the spot and informed the police. Later, an earth-moving equipment was used to extricate the bodies, he said.
The boys were rushed to a nearby hospital, where they were declared dead by doctors.
An investigation is underway, the officer added.
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Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday adjourned till December 10 the hearing on the plea seeking transfer of the investigation into the MUDA site allotment scam to the CBI. The plea was filed by activist Snehamayi Krishna doubting the credibility of Lokayukta investigation into the matter.
The petitioner told PTI that he approached the HC saying he has no faith in the Lokayukta police and hence the case should be handed over to the CBI.
In the MUDA case, it is alleged that compensatory sites were allotted to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's wife in an upmarket area in Mysuru, which had higher property value as compared to the location of her land which had been "acquired" by the MUDA.
The MUDA had allotted plots to Parvathi under a 50:50 ratio scheme in lieu of 3.16 acres of her land, where it developed a residential layout.
Under the controversial scheme, MUDA allotted 50 per cent of developed land to the land losers in lieu of undeveloped land acquired from them for forming residential layouts. It is alleged that Parvathi had no legal title over this 3.16 acres of land at survey number 464 of Kasare village, Kasaba hobli of Mysuru taluk.
The Karnataka Lokayukta police and the Enforcement Directorate have launched an investigation into the 'scam'.
The CM has denied any wrongdoing in the alleged scam.