Bodies of two people missing in an accident found

Published On: December 14, 2022 02:30 PM NPT By: Republica  | @RepublicaNepal


KALIKOT, Dec 14: The bodies of two of the three people who went missing during the JCB accident of Phukot Hydropower Project in Karnali River located in Sanni Triveni Rural Municipality-1 of Kalikot have been found.

Armed Police Force (APF) divers found the bodies of 20-year-old Umesh Giri, a resident of the same rural municipality-1, and 23-year-old JCB driver Mangal Chudari, a resident of Lamkichuha Municipality-4 of Kailali, among the missing.

The bodies of Giri and Chudari were found by divers from Armed Police Force Nepal Ashrit Gulm Kalikot and No. 42 Reserve Battalion, Banke. 

According to APF Deputy Superintendent of Police, Shailendra Thapa, the body of Giri was found on Monday and that of Chudari on Tuesday.

The search for 19-year-old Raktim Sarki of the same village, who went missing in the accident, is underway. 


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