Police say the suspects killed six members of a family because of their personal vendetta against the family.

The 25-year-old man committed the crime because of personal vendetta, police said.

The Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police has reached the village and is starting investigation from Wednesday.

Mutilated bodies of the victims were found scattered near the house on Monday morning, said police.

Suspected patients have to travel to cities outside the district for PCR tests.

Personnel have been mobilised in the area to search for them, according to the District Police Office.

Local residents are having a tough time managing essential commodities and finding markets for their products.

People living in downstream settlements urge authorities to mitigate the risk.

Bad weather had hampered rescue efforts in the remote village that lies a day’s walk from Khandbari.

Eleven people are missing while four have been rescued alive. The landslide has washed away nine houses.

Rescue teams are on their way to the incident site which is a day’s walk from the district headquarters, Khandbari.

Although immediate threat has been averted, the local administration has issued high alert notice in settlements near the riverbanks.

1,400 people benefited from the two-day camp organised by Chichila Rural Municipality and Nobel Hospital.

In a temporary fix, Nepali Army chopper ferries 4250kg rice to the area on Saturday, but officials don’t know what to do if the closure continues.

Residents blocked the access road complaining that they had not been paid compensation for a 24-km stretch.