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3 Nepalis among 5 killed as landslide buries vehicle in India
Five people including three Nepalis died after a landslide buried a vehicle they were travelling in at Ghattedhar near Dharchula in Pathauragadh district of India on Thursday.Five people including three Nepalis died after a landslide buried a vehicle they were travelling in at Ghattedhar near Dharchula in Pathauragadh district of India on Thursday.
According to the District Police Office, Darchula, the deceased Nepalis have been identified as Hiradevi Bam, 35, of Pipalchauri Sautoli, Duhu Rural Municipality-1, her son Omkar, 22, and daughter Priyanka, 14.
DSP Kedar Khanal of the DPO said that Damaridevi Bam, 24, and Madhuri Bam, 21, of the same municipality were injured in the incident.
Police said that driver Binod Bishwokarma, 32, and Jhuchal Singh of Jumagram Panchyat, Pithauragadh, India were also killed in the incident.
Injured Damaridevi and Madhuri are undergoing at a local hospital, DSP Khanal informed.
Police said that the vehicle (UA 05 K 1221) was heading towards Dharchula from Tigramghat when the incident occurred this afternoon.