BARDIBAS: Binod Chaudhary, the chief of Pipara Rural Municipality in Mahottari district, died during the course of treatment on Sunday. Family source said 45-year-old Chaudhary, who was taken ill after the local elections in 2017, died at a Kathmandu-based hospital. He was elected the rural municipality chief from the Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal. (PR)