BHOJPUR: Three members of the same family have been found dead after being buried by a landslide in Bhojpur district.

A mother and her two sons had gone missing after a landslide occurred in Manebhanjyang of Ramprasad Rai Rural Municipality-5 in the district, stated Police Inspector Pandav Rajbanshi at District Police Office, Bhojpur.

After Man Kumari Rai (35) and her sons -- Shiva Kumar Rai (17) and Shakti Kumar Rai (15) -- went missing, a team of police from Manebhanjyang police post had been sent to the incident site to find them.

The landslide struck their house while they were all in the kitchen, informed Inspector Rajbanshi.

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Three missing buried by landslide in Bhojpur

BHOJPUR: Three persons of the same family have gone missing after being buried by a landslide in Bhojpur district.

A mother and her two sons have gone missing after a landslide occurred in Manebhanjyang of Ramprasad Rai Rural Municipality-5 in the district, stated Police Inspector Pandav Rajbanshi at District Police Office, Bhojpur.

After Man Kumari Rai (35) and her sons -- Shiva Kumar Rai (17) and Shakti Kumar Rai (15) -- went missing, a team of police from Manebhanjyang police post were sent to the incident site, said Inspector Rajbanshi.

He added that the family could have been buried by the landslide while they were all in the kitchen.

Further details of the incident are still awaited.