Uttarakhand: Family of 4, including 2 minors, killed after wall of house collapses

Received information from Mori police station about a house collapse incident in village Mori, in which some people were reportedly buried under the debris: SDRF commandant

Published on: Jun 20, 2025, 13:43:18 IST

By Neeraj Santoshi

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Dehradun: A family of four, including two minors, were killed after a wall of their house collapsed in Mori village of Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district on Thursday late evening, police said.

Village Mori is located approximately one kilometre uphill from the main road (Sourced/ HT)

Teams from the revenue department, state disaster response force (SDRF), and police recovered all four bodies. The deceased were identified as Gulam Hussain (26), his wife Rukma Khatoon (23), and their two minor children.

“We received information from the Mori police station today about a house collapse incident in village Mori, in which some people were reportedly buried under the debris,” SDRF commandant Arpan Yaduvanshi said.

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Yaduvanshi added that village Mori is located approximately one kilometre uphill from the main road.

“At the scene, it was found that the incident had occurred during the night. Four members of the same family, who were inside the house at the time, died after being buried under the debris following the collapse of a wall,” Yaduvanshi said.

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The police are yet to confirm the reason behind the collapse. “We have completed the search operation and coordinated with the local administration to assist in further necessary procedures,” Yaduvanshi said.

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Neeraj Santoshi
Neeraj Santoshi is the Chief of Bureau for Hindustan Times in Uttarakhand, where he leads the state reporting team while covering government, politics, environment, wildlife, Uttarakhand High Court, and issues shaping the Himalayan region. With more than two decades in journalism across conflict zones, he has covered politically sensitive regions and environmentally fragile landscapes, and focused on stories that combine public interest with in-depth storytelling. An alumnus of Pune University with a Master’s in Communication Studies, he has reported extensively from Jammu & Kashmir (2003-2010), Madhya Pradesh (2010 to 2018 ) and Uttarakhand (Since 2018), covering subjects ranging from insurgency, elections and governance to wildlife conservation, mining, climate change, agriculture, human rights and social justice. He has covered politics and legislative assemblies of both Jammu & Kashmir and Madhya Pradesh over more than a decade. Before taking over as Chief of Bureau in Uttarakhand, he served as Special Correspondent with Hindustan Times in Madhya Pradesh and earlier reported for both Hindustan Times and The Indian Express in Jammu & Kashmir, where he covered state politics, environment and insurgency-related developments. Over the years, his stories have focused on environmental degradation, wildlife, illegal mining, governance and the changing social fabric of Himalayan states and Central India. He is particularly interested in long-form explanatory journalism, and stories that explore the intersection of ecology, conservation, governance and society. Outside the newsroom, Neeraj enjoys reading widely on neuroscience, consciousness studies, Artificial Intelligence and quantum physics, with a special interest in Kashmiri Tantric Shaivist traditions. He is also passionate about wildlife, mountaineering and the Himalayas, interests that continue to inform his reporting and deepen his understanding of the region he covers.Read More

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