Two persons of a single family died when a landslide triggered by incessant rainfall buried a house at Bilandu in Champadevi Rural Municipality-8 of Okhaldhunga on Thursday. The deceased have been identified as Rana Bahadur Gurung (36) and his wife Shiva Maya Gurung (31). Similarly, their 10-year-old Dinesh Gurung and 18-month-old daughter Kritika Gurung have gone missing in the incident.

DSP Deepak Bahadur Gurung of the District Police Office, Okhaldhunga said that they are searching for the missing persons.

He said that the landslide washed away the houses belonging to Bal Bahadur Gurung and Jar Singh Gurung. Nepal Police and Armed Police Force personnel have been deployed to carry out rescue operations.