INDORE: Few hours before the scheduled convocation ceremony at Indian Institute of Management, Indore (IIM-I), a wooden structure prepared for taking group photographs of graduating batch collapsed on Saturday afternoon, injuring nearly two dozen students.

As per latest information, students had gathered to get group photographs done and were rehearsing for the convocation ceremony scheduled in the evening and suddenly stair-cased wooden structure collapsed causing fractures to few.

The sudden mishap spread jitters among the parents of the students who too had gathered at the institute to see their wards graduating from the top management institute. After the incident, students were rushed to different hospitals near the top institution. The students are said to be undergoing medical examination.

The accident might delay the convocation ceremony which was scheduled to start at 5 pm. Public Relation Officer, Akhtar Parvez said, "As the students stepped up the stage, it collapsed. The exact reason would be known after detailed inquiry. The chairman has ordered an inquiry. The report will come in two weeks."

