Three labourers were killed on the spot and another rescued in a critical condition after an under-construction house caved in Doda district of Jammu region on Monday afternoon.

Senior superintendent of police Doda, Manohar Singh told rediff.com that the labourers were working when the house caved in. "We rescued a labourer alive from the debris and recovered the  bodies of three others who died," the SSP said. The condition of the injured labourer is said to be critical.