Prateek Tanmay
2 min readPuneJul 8, 2026 02:46 AM IST
A 40-year-old security guard was killed and another person was feared trapped after a security cabin of a residential society at Khandala hill station in Pune district was struck by a landslide late on Monday. On Tuesday, the body of one person was recovered while search for the missing person continue on Wednesday.
The incident took place at Rustic Highland Society in Khandala on Monday. Police identified the deceased as Gangaram Puttepu (40) while Pramod Shantaram Prajapati is feared trapped.
“Amidst very heavy rains in Lonavala and Khandala area, a landslide was reported on Old Khandala Road near Rustic Highland Society. Immediately after the landslide, 14 people were moved to safety. It soon became clear that the security cabin was covered rocks and soil and the two were crushed underneath,” said an officer from Pune Rural police.
Search was launched by PMRDA rescuers, local volunteers and police teams. “Around 5 pm on Tuesday, Puttepu’s body was recovered. Search was suspended in the night and will resume in the morning on Wednesday,” the officer added.
Three people from a family of were killed after a landslide covered their house in Patan village near Lohagad Fort in Maval taluka of Pune district in the early hours on Monday. A team from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) recovered their bodies in the afternoon. Over two dozen villages were moved to safety by the NDRF amidst further safety concern to the villagers as heavy rains continued in the region.
