Rolpa landslide update: Bodies of five missing found in Pyuthan

Rolpa: The bodies of five more persons who went missing in a landslide at Thawang Rural Municipality-5, Kotalbara in Rolpa, have been found in the adjoining Pyuthan district. With this, the death toll in the landslide has reached 10.

According to Police Inspector at the District Police Office Rolpa, Krishna Shrestha, five people went missing in a landslide incident at Kotalbara on Wednesday night. Their bodies were found today in various areas along the riverbank in Pyuthan district.

The bodies have been identified. Inspector Shrestha informed that the bodies of 38-year-old Junkumari Pun Magar, five-year-old Ashok Pun Magar, 80-year-old Bal Bahadur Pun Magar, 66-year-old Mani Pun Magar, and 34-year-old Mahendra Gharti from Thawang Rural Municipality-5, Rolpa, have been recovered. Police have stated that three people are still missing in the landslide.

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