Three persons died when a jeep met with an accident at Gabiram in Shubhakalika Rural Municipality-6 of Kalikot on Saturday. The deceased have been identified as the jeep driver Harak Bishwakarma (30) of Shubhakalika-2, Ram Bahadur Shahi (31) of Shubhakalika-8 and Gopal Salamimar (25) of Naumule-3 of Dailekh, Jaishwar Rimal, Chief at the District Police Office Kalikot, said. The jeep (Lu 1 Cha 8498) was heading towards Shubhakalika from Chowki Bazaar when the incident occurred last night.

The cause of the incident is yet to be ascertained.

Police said that they are looking into the case.