A man sliced to death by a helicopter blade at Hilsa in Humla on Tuesday.

The deceased has been identified as Indian national Nabindra Kumar Kattik , 42, of Mumbai. He was hit by the spinning tail rotor of a Manang Air chopper (Manang-9N-AMV) this afternoon.

According to assistant chief district officer, Mahesh Kumar Pokharel, the helicopter was on the ground when the incident occured.

The body will be taken to Simikot for post-mortem. RSS