A woman and her son died after falling off a cliff in Dhading on Monday. Police have identified the deceased as 19-year-old Apsara Chepang of Benighat Rorang Rural Municipality-2 and her two-year son Sajan. SP Gautam Mishra, Chief of the District Police Office, Dhading, said that the incident occurred when Apsara had gone to the forest near her home to collect fodder carrying her son on the back.

Critically injured in the incident, both the mother and son died in the course of treatment at the Malekhu Teaching Hospital, said police.