DAMAULI (TANAHUN), Aug 28: A person, who went missing when a passenger bus plunged into the Marsyangdi River at Aaina Pahara of Anbu Khaireni Rural Municipality-2, Tanahun district, along the Prithvi Highway last Friday, has not been found even five days after the accident.
The bus with Indian registration plate UP 53 FT 7623 heading towards Kathmandu from Pokhara had fallen into the river. Gokarni Sandup Sarode, who had gone missing after the accident has not been found as of Tuesday, Deputy Superintendent of Police at the District Police Office, Tanahu, Deepak Raya, said.
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Twenty-seven people were killed and 16 were injured in the accident. Although a search is on for the missing Sarode, the person's condition is not known yet, police said.
The bus was pulled out of the river on Monday, but Sarode could not be found. Earlier, it was presumed that Sarode might be trapped in the mangled bus. Sarode's parents were killed in the same accident.
Police said a search continues at the probable locations for the missing Sarode.
(RSS)
