A woman was killed when her shawl got tangled in a rice mill at Phattepur in Rapti Sonari rural municipality-6 in Banke district on Saturday evening.
The victim was identified as Smriti Tharu, 28, of Sidhanawa in Raptri Sonari-6 in the district, according to the Area Police Office, Bhagawanpur’s Chief Police Inspector Birendra BK.
Police said the incident took place when Tharu was working in the rice mill and her shawl was accidentally caught by the flywheel of the rice mill.
She died on the spot, said Inspector BK, adding her body has been kept at the Bheri Hospital in Nepalgunj for postmortem.