Dilli Bahadur Patanwa, aged about 60, of Tawa, Lingkhim VDC-9, died after he was bitten by a bear in the forest near Bijay Lower Secondary School in the morning, the school’s teacher Durga Bahadur Thapa said.
Patanwa was declared brought dead at a local health post, Thapa said.
Meanwhile, 16-year-old Ang Dawa Sherpa, died while swimming in the Mewa Khola. Sherpa, a resident of Sinam VDC, had gone to his friend’s house in Mewa Khola, police said.
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