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Indian national dies in Panauti hut fire

Indian national dies in Panauti hut fire

By Rastriya Samachar Samiti

DULIKHEL: A fire broke out in a hut with metal roof killing a person sleeping inside in Panauti Municipality-5 of Kavre district on Sunday night. The deceased has been identified as a construction worker Sujit Jaiswal, an Indian national. Police presumed that the hut caught fire from the heater Jaiswal had kept on while sleeping inside, near a poultry farm in Mizar Tole, at 11:00 pm yesterday, according to Deputy Superintendent of Police Mahendra Prasad Marasini, at the District Police Office, Dhulikhel. Meanwhile, further investigation into the incident is underway, said police.