Pokhara

A man has gone missing in the Mahakali River after falling from the tuin in Byas Rural Municipality-2 of Darchula.

According to Inspector Narendra Chand, District Police Office, Darchula, 30-year-old Jay singh Dhami went missing in Mahakali while crossing the tuin via India on Friday morning.

According to the locals, Dhami fell into the river after being pulled by a wire when the Indian SSB threatened to open the cable.

“Five or six locals were on their way to the market to fetch goods from the market. Three of them crossed the river from tuin. SSB reached there when they were crossing,” Janak Dhami, who had been with Jay Singh, said, adding, “While he was trying to take out the cable, water pushed him away along with the cable he was taking off.”

Police informed that missing Dhami’s search is underway.