Jajarkot landslide kills four

Kathmandu, August 5

A landslide in Bheri Municipality-3 of Jajarkot district in Karnali province has buried four persons to death on Sunday morning.

The victims include one woman and three men. They, however, are yet to be identified.

Incessant rainfall since Saturday night had triggered the landslide.

DSP Rabindra Bahadur Singh. Chief of the District Police Office, says police have rescued a person live from the incident. He has been identified as local Lal Bahadur Dwar. The policeman suspects that the victims include his wife and child.

“The bodies are yet to be taken out of the debris,” DSP Singh says, “Another house has also been buried nearby. We have moblised another team for rescue there.”

Personnel from Nepal Army and Armed Police Force have also been mobilised.