A jeep carrying Nepali Congress district president met with an accident in Soru Rural Municipality-6, Mugu.

Three persons including Nepali Congress Mugu district President Ain Bahadur Shahi were injured in the incident.

Chief District Officer Rom Bahadur Mahat said that the jeep (Lu 1 Pa 1772) was heading towards Sorukot from Gamgadhi Bazaar, the district headquarters, when the incident took place.

Those, who sustained minor injuries, are undergoing treatment in Sorukot while preparations are being made to send Shahi and others critically injured in the incident to Nepalgunj for treatment.