In Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand a tragedy has struck in the life of a family.The couple died after the roof of their room collapsed and fell on them.

The roof is learnt to have fallen due to heavy rains that weakened the the roof covered by earthen 

This was confirmed by Barhi Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) Johan Tudu who said they were sleeping in their room when the roof of their room collapsed on them and they died on the spot.

The incident happened when the couple was sleeping inside the room at Rasoidhamna village on Sunday night.

The deceased were identified as Hadis Ansari (52) and his wife Zamira Khatun (48).

Other members of the house remained unaffected as they were sleeping in separate rooms, he said.

The SDO said the bodies were sent for postmortem at the Barhi Sub Division Hospital. He said that the relief and grants would be provided to the family as per the government's rule.