BHAKTAPUR: Industry Minister Mahesh Basnet has been hospitalised this morning after he complained of severe stomach pain.

He is diagnosed with appendicitis.

Minister Basnet was rushed to the Nagarik Community Hospital during the wee hours at Gaththhagar in Bhaktapur.

According to the hospital’s Director Gopikrishna Neupane, Minister Basnet was kept at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for treatment.

“He is being treated in the ICU from early morning. Surgery of his appendicitis would be carried today. Tests for other diseases are also going on,” Neupane said.