CP Mainali, the general secretary Nepal Communist Party Marxist Leninist (CPN-ML), has been injured in an accident on Thursday when his car with the registration number BA4CHA 2120 collided with another vehicle (NA4KHA 7668) coming from the opposite direction at Kalapani in Bardibas of Mahottari.

Mainali’s son Saroj (30), daughter-in-law Puja Dhungana, five-year-old grandson and the driver Ram Prasad Paudel have also been injured, according to Rajan Chapagain, the Deputy Superintendent at the Area Police Office, Bardibas.

The Mainali family was returning to Kathmandu from Jhapa where they had gone to attend a wedding ceremony.

Mainali has a serious injury on his head and his right leg is broken, according to Surya Bahadur Khatri, chief district officer of Mahottari.

“The injured are undergoing treatment at Bardibas Janasewa Hospital in the district,” said Khatri. “Preparations are underway to airlift them to Kathmandu by helicopter.”