RAJBIRAJ: A man died in a motorcycle accident in Sitapur of Saptari along the East-West Highway on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Jibachha Panjiyar (35) of Matihani-3, Mahottari district. Police said that Panjiyar was a Statistical Assistant at the District Public Health Office in Siraha. Police said that the tragedy occurred while he was heading towards his office from Biratnagar at around 6:30 am today. Police suspect that the incident might have occurred after he lost control of his bike (Ba 1 Ba 3618). A patrol team of the Armed Police Force rescued him and rushed to the Rajbiraj-based Gajendra Narayan Singh Sagarmatha Zonal Hospital but the doctors declared him dead on arrival.