Sindhuli, October 28, 2026 — The bodies of two passengers who went missing after a Sumo jeep plunged into the Sunkoshi River in Sindhuli while travelling from Kathmandu for Dashain have been recovered, while a third passenger remains missing.
The bodies of Hari Furkuti, 30, and Apsara Rai, 22, both residents of Lafyang in Diktel Rupakot Majhuwagadhi Municipality-5, Khotang, were found at separate locations along the river, according to the District Police Office, Khotang.
Furkuti’s body was recovered on Sunday evening from the riverbank at Lekhani in Katari Municipality-14, Udayapur. Rai’s body was found on Monday afternoon along the Saptakoshi River in Barahakshetra Municipality-1, Sunsari.
After family members identified the bodies, police began preparations for postmortem examinations at Diktel District Hospital on Tuesday and for handing the bodies over to their families, said Khotang District Police Chief Deputy Superintendent of Police Prakash Khadka.
The third missing passenger, 26-year-old Roshan Kumar Magrati, also from Lafyang, has yet to be found. Nepal Police personnel, Armed Police Force divers and family members have continued searching for him.
The jeep, bearing registration number Ko 1 Ja 2076, left Kathmandu at 9:30 pm on October 17 with nine passengers. At around 3:30 am on October 18, it plunged about 200 metres below the road into the river at Nagthan in Fikkal Rural Municipality-6, Sindhuli.
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Three passengers reportedly died at the scene, while three others went missing. The three who died were identified as 21-year-old Yupana Rai and her 19-year-old sister Kavya Rai, both from Chhiwak in Lafyang, and 16-year-old Swastika Bishwakarma of Indrenipokhari in Khotehang Rural Municipality-6, Khotang. Their bodies were recovered from the riverbank below the road.
Four people, including the driver, were injured and are receiving treatment. Samjhana Rai, 38, of Bamrang in Diktel Rupakot Majhuwagadhi Municipality-3, and her 12-year-old daughter Shivani were airlifted to Kathmandu for treatment.
The driver, Ashish Bishwakarma of Okhaldhunga, and 13-year-old Ankit Bishwakarma, the younger brother of the deceased Swastika, are being treated at Sindhuli Hospital.