Ex-minister missing as jeep plunges into Trishuli

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Former Home Minister Madhav Prasad Ghimire is among the three persons missing after a jeep plunged into the Trishuli river at Dahrechok-3 in Chitwan district on Sunday afternoon.The bodies of his mother and two others were recovered from water near the site 150 metres below the Prithvi Highway. Bishnu Rai, the driver, sustained serious injuries. He is receiving care at the College of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur. The jeep (Ba 9 Cha 1531), en route to Kathmandu, has been missing as it fell into the river at Ghoptebheer. According to Chitwan CDO Binod Prakash Singh, rescuers had retrieved the bodies of Ghimire’s mother Chaitanya Kumari, Armed Police Force Sub-inspector Ram Chandra Karki and Ghimire’s nephew Narayan Kafle.

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