At least seven people were killed in separate incidents of flooding and wall collapse after heavy rains pounded Maharashtra's Pune district, a fire brigade official said on Thursday. More than 500 people from various water-logged areas were also shifted to safer places following heavy rains in
Pune on Wednesday night, he said, adding that the rescue operation was still underway.

Five people, including a nine-year-old boy, were killed in incidents of wall collapse on Wednesday night in Arneshwar area which was flooded after heavy showers, chief fire officer Prashant Ranpise said, without elaborating. Besides, one person was found dead near a school in an inundated locality in Sahakar Nagar while another body was found in a car washed away near Sinhgad road, he said.