Srinagar, 30 August (H.S.): Seven members of a family are feared dead after a landslide flattened their house in a remote village in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir early on Saturday, officials said.

Heavy rains in the Badder village of Mahore triggered the landslide. A rescue operation is underway to trace the missing family, they said.

According to officials, the owner of the house, Nazir Ahmad, his wife and five minor sons are missing and are feared dead.

They were identified as Nazir Ahmed s/o Bahar Din r/o Baddar, 38yrs; Wazira Begum w/o Nazir Ahmed r/o Baddar,35yrs: Bilal Ahmed s/o Nazir Ahmed , 13 yrs; Mohd Mustafa s/o Nazir Ahmed, 11 yrs ; Mohd Adil s/o Nazir Ahmed, 8yrs; Mohd Mubarak s/o Nazir Ahmed, 6yrs and Mohd Wasim s/o Nazir Ahmed, 5yrs.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Krishan Kumar