A staff member deployed for the Mustang election died in an accident. Sunil Ghatane, 32, an employee of the Mustang Customs Office, died on March 1, in Khanti, Thasang Rural Municipality–2, in a motorcycle accident involving vehicle number Ga 7 Pa 1486.
According to Dr. Samiksha Kandel, Chief of Province Hospital Mustang, the person was brought to the hospital after the accident, but had already passed away upon arrival.
According to DSP Chiringkippa Lama of Mustang District Police Office, Ghatane, who was injured in the motorcycle accident, was taken to Province Hospital Mustang for treatment. The doctor declared him dead upon arrival at the hospital.
Ghatane had been deployed for the House of Representatives election on March 5, in Jhong, Baragung Liberation Zone Rural Municipality–2. After the death of the staff member stationed at Janapriya Basic School, Jhong polling center, the Chief Election Officer’s office deployed another staff member in his place.
The body of the deceased has been kept at Province Hospital, Jomsom. The hospital has stated that the post-mortem has not yet been conducted.