Kota, Jul 29 (PTI) An elderly man was killed and his son was injured when their kutcha house collapsed due to rain in a village here on Tuesday, police said.
The deceased has been identified as Khemraj Meena (70), a resident of Jhad village under the Budadeet police station area, they said.
Khemraj was sitting on a cot in his house when one of the walls of the house collapsed on him around 1 pm. His son Dhanraj, who was nearby, was hit by a cement sheet, but he escaped with minor injuries, said Station House Officer (SHO) Raghuveer Singh.
Khemraj was rushed to a hospital, where doctors declared him dead. The body was handed over to his family members after post-mortem, he said. PTI COR DIV DIV
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