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Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Thursday expressed grief over the deaths of eight migrant labourers, mostly from Bihar, after a massive granite rock collapsed at a stone quarry in Bengaluru South Taluk.

बेंगलूरु के दक्षिण तालुक स्थित मदापट्टना की पत्थर खदान में हुए भीषण हादसे में बिहार के प्रवासी श्रमिक भाइयों के असामयिक निधन का समाचार अत्यंत हृदयविदारक है।

ईश्वर से प्रार्थना है कि दिवंगत आत्माओं को अपने श्रीचरणों में स्थान दें तथा शोकाकुल परिजनों को यह असीम दुःख सहने की शक्ति…

— Samrat Choudhary (@samrat4bjp) July 2, 2026

The victims, all daily-wage labourers employed at a stone crusher site, were trapped beneath the fallen boulders and died on the spot, according to police.

"The untimely deaths of Bihar's migrant labourers in the tragic incident at a stone mine in Madapattana in Bengaluru's South Taluk is extremely heart-wrenching," Choudhary wrote in his X post.

The CM condoled the aggrieved family members and prayed for their strength to cope with the tragic incident.

The tragedy occurred early Thursday morning at Madapattana, bordering Bengaluru Urban and Bengaluru South districts.

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Police said the accident occurred while the workers were engaged in quarrying operations.