Six of the nine people killed in a bus accident in Rupandehi have been identified. 

The deceased have been identified as Bishnu Paudel (56) of Yogikuti, Butwal, Krishna Prasad Basyal of Kalikanagar, Butwal-11, Rajendra Prasad Pandey of Matariya, Omsatiya Rural Municipality-4, Dinesh Das (20) of Rautahat, Tulsi Basyal (37) of Tilottama Municipality-8, Rupandehi and Arbindra Sharma (40) of Janakpurgram, India.

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Police said that 24 persons were injured in the incident. Among them, 16 are in critical condition. 

There were 33 persons on board the ill-fated bus when the incident occurred.