Police rescued 60-year-old Toran Bahadur Basnet Chhetri, who had fallen into a drain near Baba Chowk in ward 6 of Kageshwari Manohara Municipality.
Basnet, a resident of ward 5 in Baiteshwar Rural Municipality, Dolakha, currently lives in Mulpani Khahare.
He was returning from a relative’s shop when the incident happened. After receiving information around 12:15pm on Thursday, a police team from Bauddha Police Circle rescued him from about 100 metres down the drain.
He sustained minor injuries and has been handed over to his elder brother, Rudra Bahadur Basnet.
“Similar incidents have happened here before, but since there was no water, it didn’t lead to a major accident,” said Rudra Bahadur. He also urged the local authorities to install wire fencing in the risky areas.
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