Gaurela. A couple sleeping in a kutcha house died early Sunday while their son was injured when a portion of the house collapsed due to continuous heavy rains in Chhattisgarh’s Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district. A police officer said that due to continuous rains in the district, a portion of a kutcha house collapsed in Ramgarh village of Pendra police station area when the family was sleeping.
According to the official, Dinesh Wakare and his wife Sharda died in the incident, while their eight-year-old son was injured.
The officer said that after receiving information about the incident, a police team reached the spot and pulled out both the bodies from the debris. He said that the injured boy has been admitted to a hospital in Gaurela. According to the officer, the incident is being investigated.