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Police have arrested two persons on the charge of taking a youth hostage in Siraha. 

The accused allegedly lured the victim to India by promising him a lucrative job.

According to District Police Office information officer Ramesh Bahadur Pal, the arrestees have been identified as Suraj Mukhiya (26) of Kalyanpur Municipality-7, and Prashant Chaudhary (22) of Lahan Municipality-11.

Police said the alleged victim, Rishakesh Kumar Marik of Kalyanpur-7, was assured of a well-paying job in Gaya, India. 

After he reached there, the two allegedly confiscated his mobile phone and academic certificates. The incident reportedly took place on January 4. 

As stated by the victim, he was kept in a hostel, physically assaulted, and threatened with death while the accused demanded ransom from his family. 

The accused allegedly collected Rs 217,000 from the victim’s family as ransom and also took Indian currency (INR) 30,000 from the victim himself.

An election police officer died after falling off a cliff at Kharakte Salleri in Baitadi on Wednesday. 

Fresh recruit Prakash Chand (32) of Dasharathchand Municipality 4 died in the incident, according to District Police Office Chief Deepak Kumar Rai.

The accident took place this morning while he was returning home after successfully completing the police training to serve in the March 5 elections to the House of Representatives.

The weather today will be generally cloudy in the high hilly and mountainous regions of Koshi, Bagmati, and Gandaki Provinces today, while it will be partly cloudy in the rest of the areas. 

Furthermore, there is a possibility of light snowfall and rain at one or two places in the high hilly and mountain regions of Koshi, Bagmati, and Gandaki Provinces, according to the Meteorological Forecasting Division.

Meanwhile, fog and mist will occur in some areas of the Tarai region.

Later tonight, mist will occur in a few places in the Tarai region. 

The high hilly and mountain regions of Koshi, Bagmati, and Gandaki Provinces will be partly cloudy, while the rest of the areas will remain mainly fair. 

There is a possibility of light snowfall at one or two places in the high hilly and mountainous regions of Koshi and Gandaki Provinces.

Meteorological Analysis by the Division states that there is partial influence of a westerly low-pressure system over the country.

A person died and three others injured in a car accident at Ishwarpur in Sarlahi along the East-West Highway on Wednesday. 

The deceased has been identified as 27-year-old Shubham Jaiswal of Butwal Sub-metropolitan City-1.  

The car (Lu 3 Cha 5472) was heading towards Butwal from Kakarbhitta when the incident occurred this morning. 

The injured have been identified as car driver Sahil Verma (23), Bhrikishor Verma (48) and Sanjay Jaiswal (52) of Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City-1. 

All the injured are undergoing treatment at Shubhaswastik Hospital in Bardibas. 

Among the injured, the condition of Jaiswal is reported to be critical.

Further investigation into the incident is underway.