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Woman killed in rice mill accident
A woman died in a rice mill accident at Phattepur in Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality-6, Banke, on Saturday.bookmark
Published at : March 11, 2019
Updated at : June 22, 2019 14:59
RANJHA: A woman died in a rice mill accident at Phattepur in Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality-6, Banke, on Saturday. Smriti Tharu, 28, of Sidhanawa in the municipality got caught in a rice mill, according to Police Inspector Birendra BK. Police said the incident took place when Tharu’s shawl accidentally got
caught in the flywheel of the rice mill. Her body was taken to Bheri Hospital in Nepalgunj for postmortem, said BK. (RSS)
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