15 November, Dhangadhi. A lady who was going to highschool on a bicycle died when a grader hit her bicycle in Dhangadhi.
Police stated that 15-year-old Chetna Saud died when she was hit by a grader No. 1 Ok 975 of Kalika Construction on the Hasanpur-Pipal Chautara highway part situated in Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City-5 on Thursday morning.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Ved Prakash Joshi, spokesperson of District Police Office Kailali, knowledgeable that lady Saud, who was finding out in school 8 in Panchodaya Secondary School Hasanpur, died on the spot. According to him, whereas the lady was going to highschool on a bicycle, the highway was leveled when she was reversing.
The grader driver, 27-year-old Bimal Kumal of Chitwan’s Bharatpur Metropolitan City-28, and the grader have been detained by the police.
Local residents and college students protested in opposition to the incident. The college students blocked the primary highway of Dhangadhi and raised slogans by burning tires.