Simaltal Landslide update: Five bodies found, three identified

Bharatpur (Chitwan), July 14: The bodies of five passengers who went missing along with the two passenger buses that plunged into the Trishuli river after being swept away by a landslide on Friday have been recovered. The identity of three bodies found in Narayani river on Saturday have been revealed.

Spokesman of District Police Office Bheshraj Rijal said that the bodies identified so far include that of 22-year-old Bikas Pariyar of Chitwan Madi Municipality-1, 19-year-old Ramit Kushar Majhi of Sarlahi Barhathwa Municipality-3 and of 28-year-old Rishi Pal Sah from Sitamani, Bihar, India.

It may be noted that on Friday, two passenger buses including one going to Kathmandu from Birgunj and another going to Gaur from Kathmandu fell into Trishuli after falling into a landslide at Simaltal Bharatpur Municipal Corporation-29. The two buses were carrying 27 and 24 passengers respectively. The search for the missing bus and passengers continues today, with no sign of the bus wreckage so far.

Chief District Officer Indradev Yadav said that a large number of security personnel have been mobilized for the search being carried out in the incident-site i.e. Simaltal and along the Narayani river downstream.