Five members of a family were killed in a landslide in Lachyang VDC of Nuwakot district Sunday midnight, police said. According to the police, one family member survived with injuries in the incident.
The landslide, which occurred after incessant rainfall, completely destroyed the house of Shree Gole Tamang, killing his wife, a son and three daughters.
Gole was seriously inured in the incident and is undergoing treatment at Kharanitar health post, police added. Over half a dozen cattle were reportedly killed in the landslide.