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One army personnel dies from electric shock, two injured



Nepal Army
Nepal Army

Hetauda, Nov 7: A personnel of the Nepali Army (NA) road construction task force died from electric shock in Dovan, Bhimphedi Rural Municipality-8 of Makwanpur district on Thursday. Two others were injured in the incident.

Shyamu Aryal, a DSP at the District Police Office in Makwanpur, informed that 29-year-old Padam Bahadur Diyal from Ganyadhura rural municipality in Dadeldhura district died on the spot after accidentally touching a high-voltage line while installing a communication device.

Diyal, a lance corporal stationed at Sisneri Base Camp of the Nepal Army, was the victim of the accident.

Additionally, two other junior NA members injured in the incident were Binod KC, 29, from Amargadhi municipality-2 in Dadeldhura and Yubraj Kumal, 21, from Rampur municipality-6 in Palpa.

Both of them have been airlifted to the NA Hospital in Chhauni, Kathmandu, while Diyal’s body is at TU Teaching Hospital for postmortem, the police added. #NepalArmy #nepal #electricshock