Five members of family killed in roof collapse

Five members of a family were killed after the roof of their house collapsed while they were asleep last night, the police said on Saturday. The incident took place at Pandori Gola village here.

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Those killed in the incident were identified as Gurinder Singh Gobinda (45), his wife Amarjit Kaur (43), daughter Rajbir Kaur Ekam (15), sons Gurlal Singh (16) and Gurbaj Singh (12).

Gurinder Singh was a daily-wage earner. His elder brother Kawaljit Singh said after coming to know about the incident, neighbours extricated the family members from the debris and took them to a hospital where the doctors declared them dead.

Rajbir Kaur, a Class X student, was also a state-level kabaddi player.