Five members of a family, including three children, were killed after the roof of their house collapsed in Manas village in Bihar’s Saran district.
According to the police, the incident took place around 9.45pm on Sunday while the family was sleeping.
“Five members of the family, including three children, died in the roof collapse. Immediately after receiving information, a police team reached the spot and pulled out the bodies from the debris. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem,” Saran SSP Kumar Ashish told PTI on Monday.
According to him, the identity of the deceased is being ascertained.
Locals claimed that the house is more than 30 years old and its condition has deteriorated.
The area comes under the jurisdiction of Patna revenue district.
The police have sent all relevant documents related to the incident to the concerned district office for adequate compensation to the next of kin of the deceased, the officer said.
