Bhopal, July 28 - Four members of a family including two children were killed when the house in which they were living in a Madhya Pradesh town caved in following incessant rains, police said Tuesday.

'The incident occurred late Monday when the roof a house in Jaora town of Ratlam district fell and the side walls of the house also caved in killing all the four members of the family instantly,' a police official from Ratlam police control room told IANS on phone.

'After the rescue operations, the police found four dead bodies. Further investigations are on', he said.

Those killed have been identified as Sunil, 35, Rajkumari, 24, Hariom, 12 and Shivani, 8.