RANJHA: A woman was killed after she became snarled up in machinery at a rice mill at Phattepur in Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality-6 in Banke district on Saturday evening.

The deceased has been identified as local resident Smriti Tharu (28) of Sidhanawa.

According to Police Chief at Bhagawanpur-based Area Police Office, Inspector Birendra BK, the incident took place when Tharu was working in the rice mill and her shawl was accidentally caught by the flywheel of the rice mill.

She died on the spot, said Inspector BK, adding her body has been kept at the Bheri Hospital in Nepalgunj for postmortem.