Lucknow: At least 17 people were killed and scores injured in a squall, which brought down houses and walls in parts of Uttar Pradesh, official sources said in Lucknow on June 12.

The havoc, caused by strong winds on June 11, claimed nine lives in Sultanpur district while three deaths were reported from Ambedkar Nagar and two each from Barabanki and Ballia and one from Ghazipur, they said.

The dead included three children who were fatally injured when boundary walls of a mango orchard collapsed in Ambedkar Nagar. A dozen others were also injured in the mishap.

Several persons were injured when the minaret of a mosque collapsed in Gonda district, sources said.

The squall also uprooted telephone polls and trees affecting communication in the eastern region of the state.

A large number of cattle were also killed in the storm, sources added.

PTI