Nepal Govt sends team to investigate Darchula incident along India border

The probe panel includes Joint-Secretary of the Home Ministry, Janardan Gautam, Deputy Inspector General of Nepal Police, Purushottam Kandel, Investigation Officer of the National Investigation Department, Hutraj Thapa, Senior Superintendent of Armed Police Force, Suresh Kumar Shrestha, and Assistant Chief District Officer of Darchula, Jyotsana Bhatta. 

Kathmandu: Nepal Home Ministry on Monday (August 2) sent a five-member probe panel to Darchula district to investigate the incident where a Nepalese man washed away in the Mahakali river along the Indian border. The panel has been asked to submit its report within 10 days after carrying out an onsite investigation. For now, the Home Ministry has dismissed the reports of India-Nepal border guarding force Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) allegedly snapping the rope of an improvised cable.  “A five-member committee has been sent on-site to investigate the incident and after receiving the report we will see what further needs to be done. However, we have not received any reports of involvement of the Indian side in the mishap yet,” Phanindra Mani Pokharel, Joint Secretary of Home Ministry told Zee Media.