Two labourers from Bihar were killed and four others were injured after a landslide triggered by incessant rainfall struck a construction site in Arunachal Pradesh’s Lohit district on Tuesday, police said.
The incident took place at around 12.45 pm at Lohitpur, according to Lohit Superintendent of Police Thutan Jamba.
The deceased were identified as Bipin Kumar (33) and Rahul Kumar (26), both natives of Bihar.
Police and rescue personnel launched an operation immediately after the landslide and rescued four labourers who had been trapped beneath the debris. One of the injured suffered serious injuries and is undergoing treatment at Lohit Zonal General Hospital. The condition of the remaining injured workers was not immediately known.
Police registered a case of unnatural death at Tezu Police Station and began an investigation into the incident.
The landslide occurred amid continuing heavy rainfall that has triggered multiple landslides and disrupted normal life across several parts of Arunachal Pradesh in recent weeks.
