Home Minister directs to rescue the injured from the helicopter

Kathmandu: Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand has directed the bodies concerned to make arrangements for the rescue and medical treatment of a person seriously injured in a jeep accident at Junichande rural municipality-5 in Jajarkot district by using a helicopter.

Home Minister Khand today instructed Home Secretary Tek Narayan Pandey, Chief of Peace, Security and Crime Control Division of the Ministry, Phanindra Mani Pokharel and Chief District Officer of Jajarkot, Ram Bahadur Shahi to make arrangements for the rescue and treatment of the injured.

Shahi said that a helicopter has been sent to rescue the injured coordinating with the Surkhet office of the Nepali Army after the direction of the Home Minister.

According to the Home Ministry, two persons died and five others were critically injured when a jeep heading towards Jajarkot from Surkhet met with an accident.