An IIT Delhi student died and three others were injured after soil collapsed on them when they entered a pit near the archaeological site of Lothal in Gujarat for research on Wednesday (November 28, 2024) morning, police said.

Tragedy struck an archaeological dig near Lothal, Gujarat, on Wednesday, claiming the life of a 23-year-old IIT Delhi PhD scholar, Surabhi Verma. Verma and three other researchers, from IIT Delhi and IIT Gandhinagar,

The incident took place at around 11 AM, when a joint team comprising four researchers from IIT-Delhi and IIT-Gandhinagar had gone to the ancient port city of Lothal to study paleoclimatology.

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IIT Delhi research student killed, three injured in cave-in at Lothal archaeological site in Gujarat. Among the victims, two were from IIT Delhi while two others were from IIT Gandhinagar, the police officials said.

Surabhi Verma, a PhD scholar at IIT Delhi died when he had gone to collect soil samples for study near the archaeological site of Lothal in Gujarat.

The incident happened around 11 a.m. near the ancient Indus Valley civilisation site. The researchers had hired an excavator to dig the pit, located outside the boundaries of the main protected site.

An IIT Delhi student died and three others were injured after soil collapsed on them when they entered a pit near the archaeological site of Lothal in Gujarat for research on Wednesday morning, police said.