Landslide claims eight lives in Maharashtra

RATNAGIRI - Eight people were killed in their sleep and five injured in a landslide in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri district Saturday, police said.

“A landslide occurred in the wee hours at Harne village,” an official from Dapoli police station, some 160 km from here, said.

“Eight people were buried in two houses. Four bodies were found this (Saturday) afternoon and we have now recovered four other bodies,” he added.

Five people were injured in the incident and were moved to a nearby hospital, police said.

The bodies were identified as those of seven-year-old Tanvi Pawar, nine-year-old Prathamesh Pawar, Pravin Pawar 30, Sunita Pawar, 26, Santosh Ghag, 30, Sanjeevani Ghag, 24, Saraswati Ghag, 67, and Lalita Bothre, 35.