Jaleshwar: A police officer died in Mahottari while on duty today.

Superintendent of Police Janak Bhattarai said that Sub-Inspector Ram Bahadur Khatri collapsed all of a sudden at about 6 am today and died on the way to the District Hospital in Jaleshwar. Doctors at the hospital pronounced his death, he added.

A permanent resident of Raniswara VDC-3 in Gorkha, Khatri was posted at the Area Police Office in Gaushala in Mahottari during his last time.