Five persons including Chairman of Makalu rural municipality of Sankhuwasabha Khadga Katuwal have been killed in a jeep accident near Gadhi Bazar Sunday.
The police have confirmed Katuwal, who won the local election on CPN-UML ticket, and four others were killed when the jeep (Ba 5 Cha 1309) going to Bhutkhola from district headquarters veered off the cliff.
Information officer of District Coordination Committee Subas Chandra Kuinkel and Suresh Rai of Hengden, who was staying in Makalu, were also killed in the accident, according to DSP at the District Police Office Sankhuwasabha Santosh Khadka. Identity of the two others has yet to be revealed.
The jeep of National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) that went to the district from Kathmandu was carrying over 12 persons.