Bengaluru: Three persons were killed and four others feared dead after a massive landslide near Shirur village in Karnataka’s Uttara Kannada district on Tuesday, officials said.Karnataka Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda said seven persons, including four members of a family, were feared killed in the landslide on National Highway 66.A police officer told PTI: “We have recovered three bodies so far including that of 47-year-old Lakshman Naik and his 36-year-old wife Shanti Naik who were running an eatery on the National Highway 66. Search operations are underway to trace others who are feared dead.” The others who are feared dead are Roshan (11), Avantika (6), and Jagannath (55), the Minister’s office said in a statement.Police sources said parts of a hill collapsed on the road-side eatery.Mr Gowda told the Legislative Assembly that drivers of three gas tankers had stopped by at the eatery for a tea break when mud and rocks plunged down the hill.
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