A Deputy Inspector of Police (DSP) in the Armed Police Force (APF) died after being hit by a Scorpio jeep in Siraha district on Sunday morning.
The jeep with no registered number on it hit 48-year-old Laxman Prasad Yadav while he was patrolling in the inner road of Kachanari of Badiyarpatti-1 in the district.
The incident took place at around 3 am in the place bordering India, according to the District Police Office, Siraha.
Injured in the accident, DSP Yadav was rushed to Ram Kumar Umaprasad Memorial Provincial Hospital at Lahan where doctors pronounced him dead upon the admission, police said.
DSP Yadav was deployed in Badahari Base Camp of the APF, according to DSP and Spokesperson at the District Police Office, Siraha, Birendra Paswan.
The Scorpio jeep is said to whizz off toward India after hitting the police officer while search is underway for the vehicle, DSP Paswan informed.
APF's Battalion 7 Chief SP Naresh Bhandari shared that they have received the information that the jeep hit the police officer after seeing the joint team of Nepal Police and APF patrolling.
The jeep was allegedly carrying alcohol which police could not verify the information since the fleeing jeep has not been confiscated yet, added SP Bhandari. (RSS)
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