KOLKATA--One person was killed and at least 66 others, including 40 school children, were injured while several buildings developed cracks in an earthquake that rocked West Bengal along with the eastern region on Saturday.
A man, identified as Pannya Singha Roy, died when a wall collapsed on him when he was working in his garden at Noapara in Ambari area of Jalpaiguri district, District Magistrate Pritha Sarkar said.
At least 66 people were injured in three places of Malda district as portions of the roof collapsed in two school buildings and a bank, police said.
Thirty students were injured at BSB High School at Bhado when the roof collapsed following the quake. The students were admitted to various primary health centres and Malda Medical College Hospital, police said.
Roof collapse at Naimouja High School at Sujapur left 10 students, including three girls, injured. Headmaster of the school, who fell sick after hearing the news, had to be hospitalised along with the students, police said.
Yet another 25 people were injured when portions of a roof collapsed at a nationalised bank branch at Bangitola in Malda district. Police said the injured included both customers and bank employees.
Cracks developed in several buildings of Siliguri in Darjeeling district, Telipara in Jalpaiguri district and various places of Malda district due to the quake, official sources said.
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