Chief District Officer (CDO) of Bara Ganesh Prasad Bhattarai, who was injured during an accident on January 26, has died while undergoing treatment at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) on Monday. A source at the hospital confirmed with Setopati that Bhattarai breathed his last Monday afternoon.
The vehicle (Ba 1 Jha 1633) carrying Bhattarai and SP of Armed Police Force (APF) Balaram Pokharel had hit a tractor trolley at Pathlaiya in the evening on January 26 while going to Nijgadh from Kalaiya. SP Pokharel had died on the spot while CDO Bhattarai was critically injured.
He was airlifted to Kathmandu for further treatment after being treated immediately at Health Care Hospital in Birgunj.