Five of family killed as landslide buries mud house in JK's Doda

Five members of a family, including three minors, were killed on Monday when their mud house was buried under debris after a landslide in the hilly Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

The incident occurred in remote Gali Bhatoli village of Gandoh when the 'dhok' (mud house) of Noor Mohammad Gujjar was crushed under the debris, a police official said.

He said villagers immediately launched a rescue operation and were later joined by a police team.

Five bodies were pulled out from the mud house, the official said and identified the deceased as Bashir Ahmad (25), his wife Nageena (23), Zulfi Banoo (nine) and Mohammad Sharief (eight) and one-and-a-half-year old girl.

Doda along with other parts of Jammu region have been lashed by incessant rain over the past two days, forcing authorities to order closure of all educational institutions in the district as a precautionary measure.