A teacher in Achham succumbed to excessive alcohol consumption last night.

Thirty-seven year old Padam Bhandari of Shera VDC-7 in the district, who had consumed a large quantity of alcohol last night, died in course of treatment at a local medical clinic.

A teacher at the Bidhya Prabodhani Higher Secondary School in the locality, Bhandari, was taken ill following after drinking alcohol, according to the deceased's family.

Meanwhile, a sergeant working at the Fulbari Barrack of the Bhairavi battalion at Gorkhabazar, Gorkha died today mysteriously.

Chitra Bahadur Tamang, 35, of Sundar Bazar in Lamjung who fainted while playing badminton, was immediately rushed to the District Hospital, Gorkha where the doctor pronounced him dead, according to Police Inspector Deepak Shrestha.