Boy dies in house collapse amid heavy rain in Ranchi

A 12-year-old boy died after a mud house collapsed amid incessant rains in Ranchi district on Monday, even as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert predicting heavy to very heavy rainfall across five districts of Jharkhand till Tuesday morning, people aware of the development said.

- HT Correspondent

‘According to the officials, the boy died at Telwadih village under the Sonahatu police station area, about 60 km from Ranchi, at around 1 am on Monday. “The incident took place ‘when the boy was sleeping with his parents inside the mud house, which suddenly collapsed on them. The family members were brought out, and the boy was taken to a hospital where doctors declared him dead. The family was shifted to a panchayat building, and a house wili soon be provided to them,” an official said.