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UP: 5 of a family killed as house roof collapses in Lucknow’s Alambagh
According to the police, the railway declared the house unsafe for living and even issued notice to the family to vacate it, but they still continued to live
Five members of a family, including three children, died after the roof of their dilapidated house collapsed in Anand Nagar Fateh Ali area of Alambagh in Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow on Saturday morning, police said.
According to the police, the railway had declared the house unsafe for living and even issued a notice to the family to vacate it, but they continued to live there.
The deceased have been identified as Satish Chandra, 40, Sarojini Devi, 35, their daughter Harshita, 10, and two sons Harshit, 13, and Ansh, 6.
Joint commissioner of police (law and order) Upendra Agarwal said the incident took place around 5am. He said the bodies had been for post-mortem examination, and the relatives of the deceased had been informed of the tragic incident.
Northern Railway senior divisional commercial manager Rekha Sharma said the house was declared dilapidated, and a notice was also issued earlier to vacate the house. She said the family was living in the house illegally, and it was being probed as to how they were living there.
However, the victims’ neighbours informed the media persons that Satish Chandra’s mother Ram Dulari, was employed with the railway. She died on April 7, 2022, and since then the family has been living in the house.
Meanwhile, taking cognizance of the incident, chief minister Yogi Adityanath expressed grief and directed the district administration officials to visit the spot and examine the situation after which district magistrate (DM) Surya Pal Gangwar reached the incident spot on Saturday.
Union defence minister Rajnath Singh, who was in his Lok Sabha constituency on Saturday, also expressed their grief over the tragic incident.
