Two bodies found in Kailali section of Karnali River; search continues for four missing in highway accident

Surkhet. Two bodies have been found in the Kailali section of the Karnali River. According to Ram Prasad Gharti, acting information officer of the Karnali Province Police Office, one of the bodies is of a woman aged 17-18 and the other is of a man aged 30-35.

However, identification and verification are yet to be done. The man's body was found in the Karnali River area of Sungarkhal, Mohanyal Rural Municipality-6, Kailali, while the woman's body was found in the Gorunge area of Chisapani, Gharti said.

'Chisapani of Ipra informed us a short while ago,' he said, 'Regarding the woman's body, it is speculated that it might be Sirjana Khadka.'

On Thursday morning at 11:30 AM, a Force vehicle with number Karnali Province 02-001 B 1055, traveling from Surkhet to Kalikot, met with an accident in the Sangetada area of the Karnali Highway in Chamunda Bindrasaini Municipality-7, Dailekh.

The vehicle fell about 400 meters below the highway into the Karnali River. The vehicle then submerged in the river. Among those traveling in the vehicle, Jekhe Tiruwa, 54, a resident of Pachaljharana Rural Municipality-9, Kalikot, was found stuck on a cliff. Doctors at Dullu Hospital declared him dead. Apart from this, the condition of the vehicle and four passengers is unknown.

Those who went missing along with the vehicle include Kamikhe Tiruwa of Pachaljharana-9, Kalikot, Sirjana Khadka of Raskot Municipality-2, and Tularam Subedi of West Surkhet's Panchapuri Municipality-8, and co-driver Ram Prasad Subedi.

The driver and co-driver are two brothers. All three security agencies are continuing the search operation.