Chamarajanagar: Three persons were killed when a huge rock to which holes were being drilled collapsed on them at Bisalawadi in the taluk this noon.

The deceased have been identified as Kumar, Shivaraju and Siddaraju, all hailing from Kagalawadi Mole village in the taluk.

Chamarajanagar Rural Police,  who visited the spot, shifted the bodies to the hospital when we went to the press.