Four police personnel disappeared in landslide

Four police personnel disappeared in landslide

Chitwan, June 23: The landslide occurred nearby Kalikhola along the Narayangarh-Muglin road section last night buried a police van and a truck.

Four police personnel including a an Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) in the van have remained out of contact while assistant driver of the truck was rescued alive.

According to Chief of Chitwan District Police Office, Deepak Thapa, the landslide had buried the police van (Na 1 Jha 93) and the truck (Na 5 Kha 7827) at around 1.05 am last night. The van was buried and truck plunged into the River, Thapa added.

Along the van, Assistant Sub Inspector at Area Police Office, Muglin, Nischal Tamang and other three cops, Deepak Kumar Maskey, Sandeep Karki and Lil Bahadur Chepang, have been disappeared in the landslide, Thapa added.

Some parts of the truck are visible in the river. Assistant driver of the truck was rescued and rushed to Tanahun for treatment, Thapa informed.

The police squad had reached to Kalikhola at around 9.40 last night to clear the debris of landslide which was continually occurring.

The landslide had taken place at Charkilo no sooner the debris at Kalikhola was removed. The landslide suddenly buried the police van when the squad was on the way back to Muglin after it seemed impossible to remove landslide debris at Charkilo in the night, informed Engineer of Narayangarch-Muglin Road Section, Shiva Khanal.

Chief District Officer Narayan Prasad Bhatta, District Police Chief Thapa and chiefs of security forces in Chitwan had reached the site immediately after the incident.

The serpentine queue of vehicle is seen along both sides of the road. There is mounting pressure of vehicles in the night when the construction works are being carried out by halting vehicular movement in the day time.