Bodies of three missing after tipper accident recovered in Thulibheri

By Raju Lamichhane, Rukum (West), July 28: The bodies of the three people who went missing in the Thulibheri River following a tipper accident that occurred in  Pipalchaur in Aathbiskot Municipality- 14, Rukum (West), on July 22 have been found.

According to Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Pramesh Bista of the District Police Office, Rukum (West), bodies of 33-year-old Dhanbir BK, of Sanibheri Rural Municipality-3, Rukum(West), Maniram Chaudhary, aged 41, of Dang, and Hari BK, aged 20, of Syalapakha,  Sisne Rural Municipality-8, Rukum(East), were found.

All three bodies were found in Surkhet on different dates.

"The body of Dhanbir, who worked as a JCV operator at Yeti Builders Private Limited, was found on the banks of the Bheri River in Birendranagar Municipality-2, Surkhet, on July 27, and Dhanbir's body was identified by his brother on Monday," said DCP Bista.

The bodies of tipper driver Maniram and JCV helper Hari were earlier found on the banks of the Bheri River in Khochi, Bheriganga Municipality -2, Surkhet.

Yeti Builders' tipper (Ra 1 Ka 1501) fell into the Bheri River from the Bheri Corridor road section in Pipalchaur, 14, Athabishkot Municipality-14 on July 22.

All three people in the tipper went missing when the tipper, en route from Chisapani of ward 11 to Chhepare in ward 14, fell into the Bheri River.

The front part of the tipper was found on Wednesday, about 400 meters downstream from the incident site, on the Jajarkot side of the river.