Two children were buried alive and two women were injured when a part of the wall of a cowshed belonging to an adjacent house collapsed on them after heavy rains in Solur village near Kudlu Cross in Kudur police station limits, Ramanagaram, early on Sunday.
The deceased have been identified as Parbeen Sunak, 4, and his cousin Ishika, 3. The injured Monisha and her daughter-in-law Meena have been admitted to the hospital for treatment, while Nikesh, who was sleeping in the adjacent room, escaped unhurt.
According to the police, Parbeen had come with his grandmother Monisha to visit Nikesh and his family from Bengaluru. The victims are from Nepal. Parbeen and Monisha were staying in Bengaluru, while Nikesh and Meena, working as labourers, were staying in the sheet house belonging to Mubin Shariff, with their daughter Ishika.