The deceased is identified as Ashok Patel, 28, of Pinibirta VDC-7 of the district, said the District Police office Parsa. [break]
He was knocked down by an unidentified truck. The police are searching for truck driver, who has absconded with the truck.
The dead body is taken to Narayani Zonal Hospital, Birgunj for postmortem.
Meanwhile, all the governmental offices based in the district were requested to close their offices today in memory of Tirtha Khatri, non-gazetted first class officer at the District Land Reform Office, Parsa, said Nautan Pokharel, Secretary at Nepal Employees´ Association.
Khatri lost his life in a motorbike accident on last Friday while he was on the way to Kalaiya from Birgunj.
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