BAREILLY: An eight-year-old boy was killed and three others, including two children and a woman, sustained severe injuries after the house they were sleeping in collapsed following heavy rainfall in UP’s Sambhal on Monday morning.
According to police sources, the house — belonged to one Moeen — in Obri village under Asmoli police station collapsed around 6 am when the family was asleep.
Moeen’s wife Naseema said her husband had left for work on Sunday night after dropping his two nephews —Saadik (8) and Arif (10) — to accompany her and their three-year-old child.
However, after heavy rainfall in the morning, the house collapsed burying all of them under the debris, said police.
Police said with the help of locals, they rescued all the family members from the rubble and rushed them to a private hospital where doctors declared Saadik dead upon arrival. The injured were undergoing treatment, added police.
