Singrauli: Three members of a family, including a two-year-old girl, were killed and four others injured after a mud house collapsed in Madhya Pradesh's Singrauli district, police said on Tuesday.
The incident occurred around 10 pm on Monday in the Jalhathani Tola area of Barhapan village, under the jurisdiction of Kotwali police station, about 25 km from the district headquarters, an official said.
According to eyewitnesses, the victims were asleep when the house suddenly collapsed, trapping the entire family under the debris.
Kotwali police station in-charge Abhimanyu Dwivedi identified the deceased as Arun Vishwakarma (36), his mother Satuliya Devi (65), and his two-year-old daughter Pushpa.
Following the incident, police and district administration personnel rushed to the spot and deployed an excavator to clear the debris and rescue those trapped.
Dwivedi said the bodies were sent to the district hospital for post-mortem examinations after preliminary inquest proceedings (panchnama), while the four injured family members were admitted to a private hospital.
Villagers said the family had received financial assistance under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) to build a new house, and construction was underway when the tragedy struck.