KATHMANDU:- Six people have died in separate incidents in various districts of the country in the last 24 hours.
A report from Bhajani in Kailali district said three people, including twin sisters, drowned in a canal at Pathraiya Gujaruwa of Janaki rural municipality-5 in Kailali.
According to the police, they drowned while bathing in the Kulariya Canal under the Rani Jamara Kulariya Irrigation Project. The deceased have been identified as twins Nisha Bajgai and Manushi Bajgai of Tikapur municipality-1, and Sulochana Timilsaina of Janaki rural municipality-5.
The twins were fifth graders at Janajagriti Secondary School, Sitapur, Tikapur, while the third one was a fourth grader at Saraswoti Secondary School, Durgauli, Janaki rural municipality-1.
Area Police Office, Tikapur’s Chief Deputy Superintendent of Police, Prakash Dangi, said Nisha and Manushi had been a relative’s home when they went to the canal. The bodies have been kept at Tikapur Hospital for post-mortem examinations.
In Baitadi district, a person has died in a motorcycle accident. The spokesperson of the District Police Office Baitadi, Police Inspector Baldev Badu, said that the deceased is approximately 58-year-old Prem Singh Bisht from Sukeli, Patan Municipality-6.
According to him, Bisht, who had said he would go to Siude from home around 4 pm on Thursday, was found dead today. Badu added that Bisht’s family had urged the Patan Area Police Office to search for him when he did not return home until late on Thursday.
Accordingly, while searching, Bisht’s body was found about a hundred metres down from Annadi Mod, Patan Municipality-4, below the Dasharath Chand Highway.
Inspector Badu stated that the Su Pa Pra 01-011 Pa 7151 numbered motorcycle driven by Bisht was also found fallen off the road.
In Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta East), a youth was beaten to death by a group participating in a cultural Deusi Bhailo program at Dumakatta of Binayi rural municipality-4 in Nawalparasi (Bardghat Susta East).
Police confirmed the death of Santa Bahadur Thada, 44, of the same locality. Severely injured in the assault, Thada was pronounced dead upon arrival at the local medical hall.
Police have arrested Rinku Gurung, 19, Dharan Paija Magar, 20, and another 17-year-old boy of Binayi Tribeni rural municipality-4 for their alleged involvement in the beating. Police are further investigating the case, said Dumkibas Police Inspector Thaman Singh Rana.
In Jhapa, a woman died of electric shock in Birtamod municipality-10. Talamai Mardi, 55, suffered the shocks while trying to repair an electric cable at her home. Further investigation into the case is underway, said Area Police Office, Anarmani.(RSS)