Polish citizen dies in course of trekking

Sowinska Agnieszka (23) from Poland died while trekking around the Suryakunda area, the border of Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts last night.

According to the Rasuwa District Police Office Chief Keshab Bhattarai, Agnieszka with passport number 'FE 3051811' died and her body was retrieved with the help of the Nepal Army Shreenath Battalion and the Nepal Police and brought to Gosaikunda before sending it to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) Maharajgunj on a helicopter for post-mortem examination.

The postmortem report is awaited to determine the cause of the death which may be due to altitude sickness or other factors, it has been learnt.