Three members of a family, including a child, died after their mud house caved in at Bisnupur area of South 24 Parganas district early today due to torrential rains.
Police said the couple Jamaluddin Mollah (41), Sakina Bibi (37) and their son Nazibul (7) died on the spot after the mud wall of their room collapsed during heavy rains in the wee hours today.
The three were brought out by the other members of the joint family living in another portion of the mud-built house, police said.
However, doctors at rural hospital declared them as brought dead.