CPN-UML leader Bal Krishna Dhungel passed away on Saturday. He was found dead at his residence in Kadaghari in Kathmandu this morning. UML leader Nani Babu Budhathoki said that Dhungel died after he fell in the toilet.

Dhungel was alone in the house as other members of the family had gone to Bardibas.

According to SSP Bharat Bohara of the District Police Range, Kathmandu, a team of the Metropolitan Police Cricle, Baneshwor has reached the incident site. Dhungel of Okhaldhunga, who was previously in the CPN (Maoist Centre), was also a member of the first Constituent Assembly member. He was found guilty in the murder case of Ujjan Shrestha during the armed conflict.