Nepal

NCP Sarlahi in-charge Wagle dies in road accident

KathmanduPati February 04, 2021

KATHMANDU – Nepal Communist Party (NCP) central member and Sarlahi in-charge Dacharaj Wagle died in a motorbike accident.

Locals had informed police after noticing Wagle lying on New Road-Barahathawa road section nearby forest office towards north from Murtiya Chowk on Wednesday evening. The accident took place while he was on the way to New Road from Barahathawa.

Doctor had pronounced him dead while he was taken to Barahatahwa primary health post from the accident site. Police said that Wagle met with the accident while he was heading to New Road from Barahathawa. Before this, he led a troch rally taken out by NCP Dahal-Nepal Group on Wednesday evening.

Serious investigation is taking place into the incident, police chief Santosh Singh Rathor said. Wagle was the resident of Haripur municipality-1, Hajarbigaha. Preparation is underway to bring his body to the district hospital from Barahathawa for post-mortem, informed NCP district chair Rewati Pant.