JAJARKOT: A 21-year-old man, who went to India for job opportunities to fund his studies, died in an accident recently.

Gopal Rawat of Junichande Rural Municipality-1 in the district had gone to Rajgarh in Sirmaur of India in search of work on July 21.

According to his relative Krishna Bahadur Khadka, he died in a road accident at Bhuinra link road in Sirmaur.

Rawat was a 12th grader at Aadarsha Higher Secondary School in the district