India, Aug. 28 -- An elderly woman died and her husband was critically injured after the terrace of their house collapsed due to heavy rain at Tikli village in Badshahpur late Tuesday night, police said on Wednesday.

The deceased was identified as Maha Devi, 61 and her injured husband as Shyam Lal, 63.

As per police, the couple was asleep inside their house when the roof suddenly collapsed on them at about 10.45pm.

Sandeep Kumar, public relations officer of Gurugram police, said that the neighbours had come out of their houses hearing a loud noise to realise that the entire roof of the couple's house had collapsed.

"They removed the debris and pulled the duo out who were critically injured. The locals arranged an ambulance and rushed ...