Rudraprayag, May 22 -- One person was killed and a man of Nepali origin was injured after a landslide hit Sonprayag in Uttarakhand, officials said on Friday.

The incident occurred on Friday morning near the Hanuman Barrier in the Sonprayag area of Rudraprayag district.

Nandan Singh Rajwar, District Disaster Management Officer (DDMO), Rudraprayag, speaking to ANI, said, "At around 8 AM today, near the Hanuman Temple in Sonprayag, where a police barrier is also situated, a sudden landslide occurred from the nearby hills. Two individuals were caught in the landslide: one was a local resident, and the other was of Nepali origin. They were immediately taken to a nearby hospital, where the local resident was declared dead, while the person of...