Bhubaneswar: Three tribal youths from Odisha’s Malkangiri district were killed after the scaffolding on the sixth floor of an under-construction building in Hyderabad collapsed today.

The deceased have been identified as Sanya Chalan, Soma Badnayak and Sanya Badnayak. All of them were from Banda Ghati in Malkangiri.

Two other tribal youths from Malkangiri—Balram Badnayak   and Budha Badnayak—also sustained injuries in the incident, sources said.

All the five youths were engaged in the building construction work at Kukatpally Housing Board Colony. The scaffolding on the sixth floor of the under-construction building collapsed and fell on them in the morning.

Three of them died on the spot while two others were rushed to the hospital with multiple injuries, sources added.