Police on Thursday recovered the body of a man who had gone missing after a bus accident at Ghatbesi of Dhading district on Saturday. Three persons including the bus driver is still unaccounted for.

Police believe the body might be of Abhinand Chaudhary, 30, according to Inspector Barun Bahadur Singh of the Area Police Office, Gajuri.

Inspector Singh said that police have already called the family members to identify the body.

After the police found the body of a man today, the death toll in the Dhading bus accident reached 32.

The ill-fated bus was heading towards Kathmandu from Rajbiraj when the tragedy took place at around 5 am on Saturday.

Some local youths had immediately reached the accident site and rescued some passengers.

Earlier, police had retrieved 31 bodies from the river and 30 bodies have already been handed over to their respective family members.

The bus driver, who fled the scene after the incident, has not come into contact yet.

According to a survivor, he saw bus driver Santosh Chalise, who had sustained deep cut on his head, fleeing the scene after the accident.

Meanwhile, a probe team formed by the government after the bus plunged into Trishuli River has returned to the Capital after completing the investigation.

The probe committee was formed under the headship of Man Bahadur Bishwokarma, Joint Secretary at the Home Ministry.

The team had inspected the condition of road, retaining wall and gabion wire.

Rajendra Sharma Kafle, Joint General Secretary at the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Trasnsport, who is a member of the probe committee, said the incident might have occurred due to over-speed.

Road experts have said that the incident occurred due to the negligence of driver.

The committee has to submit the report with suggestions to minimise road accidents within seven days.

At least 54 persons have lost their lives in 38 accidents from mid-July this year. As many as 150 persons were injured in the accidents, DSP Dhruba Rawaut of the District Police Office, Dhading said.

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