Saptari, October 13
Locals staged a protest and blocked the Hulaki Highway at Kusmahar Chowk in Bodebarsain Municipality-3, Saptari, following the death of a cyclist in a hit-and-run incident.
Relatives of the deceased blocked the road, accusing police of negligence in tracing the vehicle involved in the incident.
On October 11, Rajendra Yadav, 55, of Mahanauri in Bodebarsain Municipality-1, was injured after being hit by an unidentified vehicle on the Postal Highway at Pritampur in Bodebarsain Municipality-6.
Yadav was cycling from Chanhi towards Kusmahar when the vehicle struck him. He sustained injuries to the back of his head and other parts of his body.
He was found injured by the roadside and taken for treatment to Nobel Hospital in Biratnagar, where he later died.
DSP Hemraj Ghimire, information officer and spokesperson for the District Police Office, Saptari, said an investigation into the road accident was underway.
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