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Teenager dies after being buried in Rajpur landslide



DANG: A teenager has died after being buried in a landslide in Rajpur Rural Municipality, Dang.

According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Hem Bahadur Khatri of the District Police Office, Dang, 13-year-old Dipesh Chaudhary of Pipaldanda, Rajpur Rural Municipality-2, died after being buried in a landslide while collecting soil at Durga Community Forest in Bela on Saturday.

He was rescued from the landslide debris and rushed to a hospital, where doctors declared him dead.

Publish Date : 26 July 2026 10:07 AM

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