KATHMANDU: A polling officer deployed for the House of Representatives election in Sarlahi has died while on duty.
Forty-five-year-old Raghunath Mahato, who had been serving as the polling officer at Polling Center ‘Ka’ established at Jigdawa Basic School in Parsa Rural Municipality-4, suddenly fell unconscious on Tuesday afternoon.
He was immediately rushed to the Provincial Hospital in Malangwa for treatment. However, doctors pronounced him dead at around 3 pm, according to Chief Election Officer Pushparaj Thapaliya.
Doctors said the exact cause of death will be confirmed only after a postmortem examination. Mahato’s body has been kept at the hospital.
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