Surkhet/rolpa, Aug. 16 -- Three people were killed in separate landslides in western Nepal on Saturday, as relentless monsoon rain continued to trigger landslides, block roads and threaten settlements across Jajarkot and Rolpa districts.

In Jajarkot, rescue teams recovered the bodies of a 54-year-old man and his mother from a landslide in ward 2 of Bheri Municipality on Sunday morning. Om Singh Khatri and his mother, Rati Khatri, were missing since Saturday evening after a landslide buried them in Farulla.

Nepali Army, Armed Police Force and Nepal Police personnel were deployed for the search. Repeated landslides along the roads leading to the area have made access difficult, officials said.

A 70-year-old man, Bhim Bahadur Karki, remai...