KATHMANDU: Two more bodies were recovered from the Karnali River on Thursday evening, a week after a passenger vehicle plunged into the river in Dailekh district, taking the confirmed death toll to three.
According to District Police Office Dailekh Chief and Deputy Superintendent of Police Shravan Kumar Bik, the bodies have been identified by relatives and handed over to the families.
The deceased have been identified as Jekhe Tiruwa of Pachaljharana Rural Municipality-9 in Kalikot, whose body had been recovered earlier, Mekhe Tiruwa of the same locality, and 18-year-old Sujana Khadka of Raskot Municipality-2, Kalikot.
Police said the identities of all three victims have been officially confirmed by their family members.
The condition of several other passengers, including driver Tularam Subedi of Panchapuri Municipality-8 in Surkhet and his younger brother and co-driver Ramu Subedi, remains unknown.
According to their uncle, Delhi Subedi, the two brothers were the main breadwinners of the family, leaving relatives and neighbors in deep grief as the search continues.
The Force vehicle (registration number Karnali Province 02-001 Kha 1055), which was traveling from Surkhet to Kalikot, veered off the Karnali Highway and fell about 400 meters into the Karnali River last Thursday.
A joint rescue team, including divers from the Armed Police Force Nepal, is continuing the search operation for those still missing.
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