Two bodies found after Sunkoshi jeep crash; three missing in Narayani

Two of the three passengers missing since a Tata Sumo jeep fell about 200 metres into the Sunkoshi in Sindhuli on October 18 have been found dead, police said, and three people are missing in the Narayani after going into the river over two days.

Sunkoshi

The jeep was carrying people home from Kathmandu to Khotang for Dashain. Nagarik, Republica and Nepal Khabar, quoting police, reported that the body of Hari Furkuti, 30, was found on the bank of the Sunkoshi in Katari, Udayapur, and that of Apsara Rai, 22, in Barahakshetra, Sunsari, about a week after the crash. Nepal Khabar reported that three people died and four were injured in the crash itself. Roshan Kumar Magrati, 26, is still missing.

Republica puts the crash at about 3:30 am on October 18; Nagarik's Nepali report gives Kartik 2, which is October 19.

Narayani

Three people went missing in the Narayani over two days, Nawalpur police quoted by Gorkhapatra and Kendrabindu said. On October 26, 17-year-old Barsha Sunar went into the river near British Camp Park in Gaindakot, and two boys, Pratik Sapkota, 15, and Sabin Sunar, 14, went in after her. All three were swept under. A 41-year-old man from Chitwan pulled Sabin out alive; Barsha and Pratik have not been found.

On October 27, an unidentified man jumped from the Narayani bridge in Gaindakot and is missing, according to the district police office.