At least five people, including two children, were killed last night in a landslide triggered by incessant rainfall at Arje Thanti of Malika Rural Municipality in Gulmi district.

According to Superintendent of Police Rajan Bhujel, the landslide buried the house of Bhesh Bahadur BK of Malika Rural Municipality-6.

According to ward chair Deepak Bhandari, 55-year-old Bhesh Bahadur BK, his 48-year-old wife Suntali BK, 26-year-old daughter-in-law Sita BK and two grandchildren–7-year-old Sapana BK and 8 months old Bipana BK–lost their lives in the disaster.

SP Bhujel said that police teams were deployed from Ishma Police Station and District Police Office Gulmi immediately after receiving information about the landslide.