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A man died after a car bearing an Indian registration number plate hit a motorbike he was riding on at Gothgaun in Sundarharaicha Municipality-7, Morang district on Saturday. Police identified the deceased as Uttam Kumar Magar (42) of Kerabari Rural Municipality-7, Morang. The car (BR 38 N 2202) heading towards west from east hit the two-wheeler (Ko 31 Pa 7266) coming from the opposite direction at around 9:30 pm yesterday. Incapacitated in the incident, Magar breathed his last during the course of treatment at the community hospital in Itahar at around 10 :30 pm, Inspector Raj Kumar Karki, Chief at the Morang Traffic Police, said. Police said that they have impounded the car and detained its driver Rabi Kumar Das (25) of Arariya Bela, India for investigation.

A person died in a mini-truck accident at Khari in Jamalukhi Rural Municipality-4 of Dhading on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Uttam Aryal (35) of Jamalukhi-4, according to Deputy Superintendent of Police Shyam Bahadur Khatri. He said that the incident occurred when the mini-truck (Ga 1 Ja 5580) heading towards Tari from Aryalgaon fell off the road last night. Five people including the driver were injured in the accident. They are undergoing treatment at the Dhading Hospital, DSP Khatri said.

After the tremor was felt again at Patadewal in Khaptadchanna Rural Municipality-6 of Bajhang on Saturday evening, Nepal Police has been using loudspeakers urging local residents to stay outside their houses. The earthquake that occurred last Tuesday midnight had weakened the houses of the locals and hence the locals were asked to stay outdoors as aftershocks continue to take place, said Sub Inspector Ram Bahadur Bam of Patadewal Police Station. It is a risk to stay inside the same houses after the earthquake on Saturday. Residents in Patadewal, Rajkot, Tiune, Pujarigaon are currently staying outside their homes. Even in ward no. 5 of the same Rural Municipality, locals are sitting outside their houses. Kul Prasad Joshi, a local resident, said that the houses that suffered damage in Tuesday's earthquake were further damaged on Saturday. Meanwhile, residents in the district headquarters Chainpur have spent the night on the ground of the Sudurpaschimanchal Boarding School.  

Police have arrested six persons in possession of counterfeit Nepali currency notes from Maulapur Municipality, Rautahat. They were apprehended with Rs 87, 000 fake Nepali currency, the District Police Office, Rautahat said. The notes confiscated by the police were in denomination of 1, 000. Police said that they are looking into the case.