Delhi tragedy: Uprooted tree kills 4 of family

A ferocious thunderstorm that swept through Delhi early Friday morning left at least five people dead, with one family left entirely shattered — a woman and her three children, the youngest of whom was seven months old, were crushed when their single-room dwelling collapsed under the weight of fallen trees in Jafarpur Kalan, west Delhi.

- Hemani Bhandari and Jignasa Sinha

NEW DELHI:

In another tragedy, a 25-year-old construction worker was electrocuted in Green Park after he, in an attempt to take cover from the storm, accidentally touched an iron gate charged by a broken overhead wire.

Jyoti Devi, 28, and her children Aryan, 7, Rishabh, 5, and seven-month-old Priyansh were found dead under the debris of their collapsed home, said DCP (Dwarka) Ankit Singh.

Her husband, Ajay Kumar, sustained injuries but survived. The couple had moved into the makeshift brick-and-sand structure on a farm just weeks earlier, after returning from their village in Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya.