3 family members killed, 2 injured as house collapses

Three members of a family were on Wednesday killed and two others got injured when their house collapsed in Sujru village in Muzaffarnagar, police said.

29-year-old Usman, his wife 26-year-old Rihana and their 6-year-old son Ayam were killed when the house collapsed early on Wednesday morning, police said, adding two other children were injured in the incident. The incident took place when the victims were sleeping in the house, they said.

District Magistrate Surendera Singh has announced an ex gratia of Rs 1.5 lakh to the family. Also, local BSP MP Kadir Rana has announced a compensation of Rs 25,000 to the victim family.