RUKUM EAST, July 9: A person died and three others were injured in a landslide in the district last night.
The landslide had swept away four members of Karna Bahadur Budha of Sisne rural municipality-1 when they were sleeping in a hut in Sisne-2. Of four family members, 11-year-old Sargam Budha died in the incident.
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Information Officer at the District Police Office, Rukum East, Hari Prasad Bhattarai said Sargam's father 40-year-old Karna, mother Gamma Budha, 38, and nine-year-old Tilsara Budha were critically injured in the incident. All the injured have been sent to Rukumkot for treatment.
