Prayagraj: Six members of a family, including two infants, were killed after the roof of their century-old house collapsed during heavy rainfall in Uttar Pradesh’s Pratapgarh district in the early hours of Thursday. One family member survived but sustained critical injuries.
The incident occurred around 2 a.m. in Mahuli ward under the Kotwali police station limits, where all seven family members were asleep when the ageing structure suddenly gave way.
According to Deputy Superintendent of Police (City) Ashutosh Mishra, the nearly 100-year-old house collapsed without warning, trapping the occupants beneath the debris. Following alerts from neighbours, police, fire department personnel and rescue teams reached the spot, launched a rescue operation and shifted the victims to hospital.
The deceased have been identified as Pramod Srivastava (60), his wife Rita Srivastava (55), their son Nitin Srivastava (25), daughter-in-law Madhuri Srivastava (23), and two young children—one-year-old Madhav and 10-month-old Babu, also known as Adivik.
The lone survivor, Aman Srivastava (28), another son of Pramod Srivastava, suffered serious injuries and is undergoing treatment.
A neighbour, Poonam Srivastava, said the family was asleep when the roof suddenly caved in. Debris from the upper floor crashed onto the lower level, burying everyone inside the house before rescue teams arrived.
