Kanpur: Two children were killed and their father was injured when a wall of their kutcha house collapsed in Jarsen village in Musanagar, Kanpur Dehat, late on Wednesday night. The family was sleeping when the incident occurred.Neighbours rushed to the site after hearing the screams and pulled the family from the debris. However, Palak (7) and her brother Lavish (3) had died by then and their father, Mukesh, was admitted to hospital. Their mother, Sangeeta, survived. Mukesh works as a farm labourer.District development officer Sunil Tiwari said the matter would be investigated, including why the family had not received housing.
