Three members of a family were killed in a landslide at Gerkhu VDC-4 in Nuwakot district Friday night.

According to reports, the house of one Bhesh Bahadur Nagarkoti was swept away when the mud above the house crumbled due to incessant rain. Nagarkoti’s wife Devi Nagarkoti, 25, daughter Ashmita, 8, and son Sandesh, 6, were killed in the landslide.

Nagarkoti, a driver by profession, was out of the house when the landslide struck. Nepali Army soldiers and locals recovered the bodies from the incident site, reports said.