At least 12 people were buried alive and 4 injured in three separate incidents of house-collapse reported in Fatehpur /Amethi / Jaunpur districts of UP on Saturday night.A report from Fatehpur quoting police sources said that a mother and her three daughters were buried alive when their hatched house collapsed due to heavy rains in Zafarganj police station area last night. The family was fast asleep at the time of incident.
The mother has been identified as Puja (30) and her daughters were in the age group of six years to six month.Puja's husband Sushil was also injured in the incident.A report from Amethi said that five people of a family were buried alive, when a portion of a house of his brother collapsed and fell on their house at Puregauhar under Jagdishpur police station.
Police said the deceased included Parshuram (35), his wife Suninda (30) and their three children, identified as luvkush (10), Rahul (8) and Manju (3).In another similar incident at Jaunpur district, three people, including two teen-age boys were buried alive in a house that collapsed at Karnehua village under Chandvak police station on Saturday night.
The deceased were identified as Keshav Rajbhar (45) and two his nephews, Mahesh (14) and Ganesh (16). Three other people were also injured in the incident. The police had registered case in this connection and the bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigations are on.