Mahendranagar (Kanchanpur), April 9: Eight people including seven Nepalese died in a road accident at Betalghat of Nainital district in India on Monday night.
According to Sub-Inspector at Betalghat Police Post, Anish Ansari, the deceased have been identified as Bishram Chaudhary, Dhiraj Chaudhary, Antaram Chaudhary, Binod Chaudhary, Tilak Chaudhary, Udayram Chaudhary and Gopal Basnet.
Based on the documents found with them, the seven Nepalese were from Babai of the then Bheri zone, according to the police post.
The accident took place when a rented vehicle fell some 150 meters off the road while loading goods in course of coming to Tanakpur. They had been working there to lay pipelines along roadside around the incident site.
A local driver along with seven Nepalese lost their lives in the accident, he shared. All the bodies have been kept at Nainital Government Hospital.
Similarly, Shanti Chaudhary, wife of Dhiraj Chaudhary, and Janak Chaudhary were injured in the incident. Sub-Inspector Ansari said police personnel as well as state disaster response team were deputed in rescue on Monday night. #RSS #nepal
