BAGMATI: A Nepali Army (NA) person mobilized in the road construction taskforce of NA died of electric shock at Dovan in Bhimphedi rural municipality-8 of Makwanpur district on Thursday. Two others were injured in the incident.

DSP at District Police Office, Makwanpur, Shyamu Aryal, informed that 29-year-old Padam Bahadur Diyal hailing from Ganyadhura rural municipality of Dadeldhura district died on the spot as he accidently touched the high tension line while installing a communication device.

Diyal stationed at Sisneri Base Camp of NA was a lance corporal.

Similarly, two other junior NA persons injured in the incident were Binod KC, 29, from Amargadhi municipality-2 from Dadeldhura and Yubraj Kumal, 21, from Rampur municipality-6 of Palpa.

Both of them have been airlifted to NA Hospital at Chhauni, Kathmandu, while the lifeless body of Diyal is at TU Teaching Hospital for postmortem, the police added.

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