IIM-Indore students injured as convocation stage collapses

Indore: Nineteen students of Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore were injured after the stage caved in during a photo session before the convocation ceremony, an official said.

"Nineteen students of the institute were injured during a photo shoot that was held before the convocation function, when the stage collapsed," IIM-Indore spokesman Akhtar Parvez told reporters.

The students were taken to a private hospital in the city.

Seventeen of them were given first aid, while two others have been admitted, he said.