MELAMCHI: Three members of a single family were killed when a landslide triggered by incessant rainfall buried a house at Ramche-8 of Sindhupalchok district in the wee hours of Saturday.

According to Inspector Raju Pandey of the Area Police Office, Barabise, the landslide buried the house of Chandrakanta Timilsina at around 2 am today.

Police said that Chandrakanta's eldest son Ram Kumar Timilsina,  youngest son Uddav Timilsina and youngest daughter-in-law Samjhana Timilsina were killed in the incident.