Five killed, one missing as heavy rain wreaks havoc in Jharkhand

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RANCHI: Five people were killed, one person was missing, and several others were injured as heavy rains wreaked havoc in parts of Jharkhand, officials said on Saturday morning.A woman and her seven-year-old son died after their house collapsed in Seraikela-Kharsawan district on Friday night, they said.Eight more people were injured in the incident, which happened in Dandu village in Rajnagar block, they added.”The woman and her son died during treatment at the MGM Hospital in Jamshedpur. Eight others were also injured as the kuchcha house of one Santosh Lohar collapsed,” Rajnagar’s BDO Malay Das told PTI.The incident happened when relatives were visiting Lohar’s house, a police officer said.In another incident in the district, a five-year-old died and three others were injured as the wall of a house collapsed on Saturday morning, police said.The incident happened around 4 am in Kol Shimla in the Kharsawan police station area, they said.”The wall of the house of one Munna Bodra collapsed. His five-year-old son died on the spot, while Bodra, his wife and their two-year-old daughter were injured. They have been admitted to the Seraikela Sadar Hospital,” Kharsawan police station’s officer-in-charge Gaurav Kumar said.In Chatra district, a couple was washed away in the swelling Siyari river on Friday, police said.The incident happened in Katghara village, he said.”The body of the husband was recovered, while the wife is still missing,” Gidhour’s BDO Rahul Dev told PTI.



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