Fire ravages property worth Rs 1.2m in Jhapa

BANIYANI: Property worth Rs 1.2 million were gutted in two separate fire incidents in Jhapa district.

Spokesperson at District Police Office Mahendra Kumar Shrestha informed that the house belonging to Balaram Murmu of Jhapa Rural Municipality-6 was engulfed in flames gutting property worth Rs 300,000.

Likewise, the house belonging to Rajkumar Majhi was engulfed in flames destroying property worth Rs 900,000 at Pathibhara Tole, Mechinagar-4 in Jhapa, shared the District Police Office.