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2 siblings killed as wall collapses due to heavy rainfall

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Press Trust of India Sangareddy (Tel)
Two minors of family were killed and their parents injured in the wee hours today after a wall of their house collapsed on them due to incessant rainfall in Medak district, police said.

Geeta (5) and Chitti (10) were killed when the wall of their shanty collapsed around 1 AM in Nagar Tanda near Ramayapet, sub inspector Nagarjuna Goud said.

The two siblings were killed on the spot while their parents suffered minor injuries, he said.

Ramayampet and its neighbouring villages have been receiving continuous rains since the last three days.

The bodies were sent to a government for post mortem, Goud said, adding village tehsildar and police officials visited the spot.
Meanwhile, five supervisors of the Kanpur Development
 

Authority have been suspended and recommendation has been made for suspension of three engineers, KDA vice-chairperson Jaishree Bhoj said.

It has been recommended to the state government to suspend assistant engineer Yogesh Kumar, executive engineer N K Bhatia and junior engineer Sanjay Gupta for negligence, Bhoj said.

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First Published: Jul 03 2016 | 3:02 PM IST

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