Sarlahi, Oct. 1 -- Four people, including an elderly woman and three children, were killed after being buried under a mud mound while digging soil along the Hardi riverbank in ward 1 of Haripurwa Municipality, Sarlahi, on Wednesday morning.

The deceased have been identified as 65-year-old Sayada Khatun, six-year-old Sabiba Khatun, eight-year-old Dillu Mansur, and nine-year-old Nargis Khatun, all residents of Magarthana in ward 6 of Sonma Rural Municipality, Mahottari.

The incident occurred at around 9:20am when local women and children were collecting soil with sickles and a mound suddenly collapsed, police said.

A police team led by a Sub-Inspector from the Haripurwa Area Police Office reached the site and rescued the victims, who wer...