One person died from a knife attack during a clash in Banke district on Saturday morning.

Hari Bahadur Budha Magar, 27, of Raptisonari rural municipality-1 who was stabbed in his chest at a local hotel during a clash with hotel proprietor succumbed to injury this morning while being treated at the Nepalgunj Medical College Teaching Hospital, Kohalpur. The incident happened at the local Thakali Hotel based in Gabhar.

As stated by Area Police Office, Kohalpur, hotel owner Chandra Kiran Shah allegedly attacked him as a dispute between the two took a nasty turn. Shah and another Ganesh Shah have been arrested on the charge of their involvement in the attack and further investigations into it are underway.