Three members of a family, including a 20-day-old baby, were killed in Uttar Pradesh’ Kanpur when the roof of a room in their house collapsed on Sunday morning.
The incident took place in Panki Padav area when the roof, made of bamboo, wooden beams and mud, suddenly gave way. Family members and neighbours rushed to remove the debris and pulled out the occupants who were then taken to Kalyanpur Community Health Centre. Doctors declared the three dead.
DCP West SM Qasim Abidi said police had received information about three deaths following the roof collapse. “Prima facie, it appears that water seepage increased the load on the roof,” he said.
Anshika was feeding their newborn and other members of the family, including Harsh’s father Avadhesh Shukla, 65, and younger brother Raju, 29, were in another room when the roof collapsed.
The family were busy with their morning chores on Diwali, while Harsh and his mother were sitting in the room, according to a relative Manoj Bajpai.
