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At least nine people were missing and feared buried in an avalanche that occurred at Bolin in Byas Rural Municipality-1 of Darchula district on Tuesday. It has been suspected that the people who had gone to pick yarsagumba caterpillar fungus (Cordyceps sinensis) were affected by the avalanche that took place at around 3 pm today, the District Police Office, Darchula said. A team of 30 security personnel under the command of DSP has gone to the incident area. Details about the incident are awaited, police said.    

Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) President Rabi Lamichhne’s driver Sambhu Thapa, who was critically injured after falling off a house roof in Chitwan, died on Tuesday. He breathed his last during the course of treatment at the Medicity Hospital in Lalitpur, a hospital source said. Thapa sustained serious injuries after falling off the top floor of Lamichhane’s three-storey house in Bharatpur on April 17 in the run-up to the by-election. Though Thapa was treated at the College of Medical Science in Bharatpur, he was airlifted to Kathmandu for further treatment on a Nepal Army helicopter on April 18.      

A fire broke out at the District Administration Office in Sarlahi on Tuesday. The fire that broke out due to an electric short circuit destroyed a computer, a printer and a scanner among others. The District Administration Office said that the incident occurred at around 5:30 am today. The fire was taken under control with the help of security personnel and office staffers backed by a fire engine. Following the incident, the service has been closed until further notice.  

An arrest warrant has been issued against Niraj Rai, son of Indrajit Rai, for his alleged involvement in sending Nepalis to the United States in the guise of Bhutanese refugees. Sita Ram Rijal, spokesperson at the District Police Range, Kathmandu, confirmed that an arrest warrant has been issued against Niraj. “As Rai’s son Niraj was also found involved in sending the Nepalis to the United States by issuing fake documents of refugees, the Kathmandu District Court issued the arrest warrant,” he said. He said that Niraj is on the run. Rai, security advisor of former Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa, was arrested from Sunakothi, Lalitpur on Tuesday morning. Earlier, police had apprehended Keshav Dulal, Tanka Kumar Gurung, Sanu Bhattarai and Sagar Rai involved in the same incident.