Thursday, December 18th, 2025

Nepali worker dies in India, family finds hard to retrieve body



DARCHULA: A Nepali migrant worker died after falling from a suspension bridge along the Nepal-India border in Darchula.

He was on the way back home from India after India announced a nationwide lockdown against the coronavirus pandemic.

The deceased has been identified as Agabar Singh Thagunna, 42, of Marma rural municipality-2 in Darchula.

According to the family source, he had been Madkot of Uttarakhand, India, for around the past six month for work.

He suffered a tragedy as he was returning home in the aftermath of lockdown against the coronavirus pandemic.

The family has not been able to get back his body as both countries are observing lockdown against the virus.

The District Police Office, Darchula, however, said it was not aware of the incident yet.

The bereaved family has sought the help of authority concerned so that they could bring his body back to home.

Chintan Thagunna, the victim’s relative said the incident site lies in Indian territory. “We have obtained a permission letter from the local government to retrieve the body and urge authority concerned to make arrangements for opening the bridge which has been closed due to lockdown.”

Publish Date : 01 April 2020 12:51 PM

Clear skies expected in most parts of Nepal today

KATHMANDU: The Weather Forecasting Division of the Department of Hydrology

UML General Convention voting concludes with 2,227 votes cast

KATHMANDU: Voting at the 11th General Convention of the CPN-UML,

AI boom could propel Nepal into a major South Asian economy

Nepal has spent decades searching for a development model that

NRB releases today’s foreign currency exchange rates

KATHMANDU: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has fixed the foreign exchange

UML General Convention: Voting still underway

KATHMANDU: Voting to elect new leadership at the 11th General