DSP Rajkumar Shrestha of the District Police Office, Gorkha, said that Baniya died after being hit by a tractor bearing the number 2-03-001-2827 on Tuesday afternoon.
Jag Bahadur Baniya, 60, of Birdi, Palungtar Municipality-9, has died after being hit by a tractor while plowing his field.
On Tuesday afternoon, DSP Rajkumar Shrestha of the District Police Office, Gorkha, said that Baniya died after being hit by a tractor bearing the number Province 2-03-001 Ta 2827. While he was sitting on a wooden mat attached to the back of the tractor and cultivating the field, the tractor's gear failed and he was hit by the tractor. The police said that he died on the spot. Baniya is a landowner.
A police team was deployed from the Ratmate police post to secure the spot and an additional police team was mobilized from the Area Police Office, Thantipokhari, for further investigation and bond-taking, according to Shrestha.
The tractor driver, 54-year-old Dhan Bahadur Kumal, has been taken into custody by the police. The police said that further investigation into the incident is underway.
