A seven-year-old boy was killed and four members of his family were injured after a rain-triggered landslide crashed onto their house in Meghalaya’s Ri Bhoi district in the early hours of Monday, highlighting the impact of incessant monsoon rainfall in the State. The incident occurred at around 4 a.m. in Umlamphlang village when the family was asleep.
Ri Bhoi Superintendent of Police Giri Prashad M said, “Today early morning around 4AM due to heavy rainfall there was a landslide fallen over the house of Shri Stolin Khymdeit at Umlamphlang village at the time where they are sleeping and one of his son namely (Lt) Pynhun Umbah 7 yrs old received severe injury and died at the spot.”
He said Stolin Khymdeit, 40, and his three other children — Pynskhem Umbah, 16, Ebani Umbah, 13, and Saphira Umbah, 8 — sustained injuries and were taken to Umtrai PHC for medical observation.
The SP further said, “The family members has been explained about the required of Post mortem examination for claiming of any beneficiary instead the father and family members strongly oppose for observe PM examination where they have submitted the written prayer for PM exemption to the Executive Magistrate Ri-Bhoi District stated that there is no foul play on behind of his death.”
Following an exemption order issued by Executive Magistrate G.L.C. Mylliem, MCS, Ri Bhoi district, the body of the deceased was handed over to the family to perform the last rites.
