One dead, three injured in Rukum East landslide

RUKUM EAST, July 9: A person died and three others were injured in a landslide in the district last night.

The landslide had swept away four members of Karna Bahadur Budha of Sisne rural municipality-1 when they were sleeping in a hut in Sisne-2. Of four family members, 11-year-old Sargam Budha died in the incident. 

Information Officer at the District Police Office, Rukum East, Hari Prasad Bhattarai said Sargam's father 40-year-old Karna, mother Gamma Budha, 38, and nine-year-old Tilsara Budha were critically injured in the incident. All the injured have been sent to Rukumkot for treatment.