35 dead, 53 injured in Rukum Paschim

By Raju Lamichhane, Rukum Paschim, Nov. 4: At least 35 people have been killed while 53 others injured in Rukum Paschim alone due to earthquake that occurred Friday midnight.

Nama Raj Bhattarai, DSP at the District Police Office, informed with the updated records that 28 people were killed in Aathbishkot municipality and 7 people in Bheri Rural Municipality.

He said 53 people are recorded as inured from the same two local levels. The injured are being treated at Chaurjahari hospital, district hospital and Aathbiskot city hospital, according to him.