One person killed and two others injured in landslide in Okhaldhunga

OKHALDHUNGA: One person was killed and two others were injured in a landslide that took place in Okhaldhunga early this morning.

Police Inspector Bijay Karki of the District Police Office said that Devkumari Khatri,35, died when a landslide destroyed her house in Thumki of Chisankhugadhi Rural Municipality-5.

Devakumari’s husband Baburam Khatri, 39, and daughter Menuka, 18, were seriously injured in the incident.

They were rescued with the help of a police team deployed from Serna Police Post and the locals.

They have been taken to the nearby hospital for treatment.

A house and a shed were buried by the landslide.