Five members of a family were buried alive when their hatched house collapsed due to heavy rain in Tirwa police station in Kannauj on Sunday. Police said the incident occurred in Subhashnagar area when the house of one Mohammed Naushad collapsed.
In the incident, Mohammed Naim (40), Sabina (30), Naushin (12), Sain (11) and Farzan (6) died on the spot.Five people have also been injured in the incident, and have been admitted to Medical College in Kannauj. Senior police officials rushed to the spot to take stock of the situation. The victims belonged to same family.
The locals blamed the police for reaching late to the scene for rescuing the victims. They said the police was immediately informed of the incident and they started to help the victim on their own.
Meanwhile, a girl died while 60 people fell ill after they drank polluted water in Katrashanker Nagar village in Sadar Tehsil of Balrampur district on Saturday night.
Health department officials said the people complained about vomiting and other problems following drinking the polluted water last evening and they were rushed to hospital. later a nine-year-old girl Shakina died by the night in the hospital during treatment. The health officials have distributed preventive medicines among villagers. Health officials are probing the incident.