India, Aug. 12 -- Six people were killed and four others injured after a landslide struck Mumbai's Ghatkopar area early on Wednesday, Aug 12 following heavy rain, civic officials said. The deceased included three children.

The landslide was reported at Gaushiya Chawl in the Ashok Nagar locality of Chirag Nagar at 3.48 am, they said. A portion of soil and debris from the hillside collapsed onto two to three houses, causing casualties and damage, officials of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

Six people were declared brought dead at the civic-run Rajawadi Hospital in Ghatkopar, they said. The deceased were identified as Mohammad Samir Ansari, 14, Sahil Husen Abdul Kazi, 19, an unidentified person aged around 45, Aban Arif...