Three labourers died after caught under a mudslide while digging a well here on Sunday.

Rescue sources said that three labourers were engaged in digging well in Chak No. 187-TDA of Bhakkar when a big land mass fell over them.

The labourers were trapped under the mudslide and died before they could be rescued.

The local people dug out the bodies from debris and shifted them to hospital where they were handed over to heirs after medico-legal formalities.