A preliminary inquiry suggested that the team did not have permission to dig at the site in Lothal, a prohibited area.

Surabhi Verma, a PhD student, at IIT-Delhi died on the spot, while her research supervisor, assistant professor Yama Dixit has been hospitalised

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.

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.

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.

The incident took place on Wednesday when the research team was collecting soil samples at the archaeological site of Lothal, considered to be the centre of importance of the Indus Valley civilisation.

A tragic incident occurred at Lothal, a key Harappan archaeological site, where a 23-year-old research scholar from IIT-Delhi lost her life. Surabhi Verma died instantly when a trench collapsed during an excavation.

The deceased and the other victims were at the ancient Indus Valley civilisation site to do research work when the cave-in occurred.

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,

Surabhi Verma, a PhD scholar at IIT Delhi, and other victims entered a pit at the ancient civilisation site to do research work.