Two women die after falling from cliff in Tanahun

By Amar Raj Naharki, Tanahun, May 20: Two women died after falling from a cliff while cutting grass in Tanahun. 

Police said that they died after falling from a cliff in the Katorke Community Forest located in Solung, Rishing Rural Municipality-3, Tanahun.

Information Officer at the District Police Office, Tanahun, Deputy Superintendent of Police Ashok Thapa, said that the deceased have been identified as Shree Maya Rana, aged 62, of Rishing Rural Municipality -3, and Khimsara Magar, aged 26, of Devghat Rural Municipality-2.

He said that both of them, who had gone to cut grass on Monday morning, were found dead after falling about 100 meters from the place where they had been cutting grass. Locals went to search for them after they failed to return for a long time and they found them dead.

An investigation into the incident is underway.