Of total 24 VDCs in the district, Duwachaur has the highest death toll, standing at 154 while thousands have sustained injuries and some are still missing, shared Bhim Dahal, the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) at the Central Investigation Bureau, currently deployed in this quake-hit district.
The Police so far have identified the dead bodies of 1,409 people in the constituency number 3 of the district while many missing persons are assumed to be dead and their corpses were yet to be dug out of debris, DSP Dahal added.
Some four people in Melamchi have gone incommunicado following the 7.6-magnitude quake. The missing persons, who hail from Terai region, are assumed to have been buried under the rubble of their houses, the police said.
Similarly, police have not been successful to pull out the bodies as many people are believed to have been killed during the quake in Ichowk VDC-8 in Nuwakot. A minor named Dawa Gyalbo has gone missing following the massive earthquake.
Likewise, the whereabouts of Nikesh Tamang, 12, from Ichowk VDC-9 in Nuwakot is still not known.
The number of the deceased in the Constituency No 3 of Sindhupalchok district stands at 1,500. Police have been carrying out search-and-rescue operations in collaboration with the Nepal Army and local authorities. RSS
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