Three children killed as house collapses due to rain

Three children of a family were killed today as the mud house they were living in collapsed following rains in the area.

According to Kanpur (Rural) SP Pushpanjali Mathur, the wall and roof of the house of Shiv Naraine collapsed this morning in Ambarpur village of Rura.

Shiv Naraine's three children -- Nisha (12), Deepak (10) and Deepchandra (8) -- who were sleeping in the house at the time of the incident were killed.