House Collapses in Doda in Jammu and Kashmir, Police Say 7 Feared Dead

Seven members of a family are feared dead after a house collapsed due to heavy rains at Diwalkund in Doda today, police said.

"The house of Jodh Ram, a resident of Diwalkund in Dessa belt of the district, collapsed today because of heavy rains in the area," Senior Superintendent of Police (Doda) Javed Naseeb Manhas told PTI.

He said all the inmates of the house were trapped under the debris.

"The incident has taken place at a very remote and inaccessible area. We have rushed a police team to the spot. So far we have not recovered any body but we fear that the all the inmates might have died in the mishap," he said.

He said police and army have launched a rescue operation, but initial reports suggest that the inmates of the house would not have survived.