A 65-year-old pedestrian, Ram Ratan Mandal of Bideha Municipality, Dhanusa, tragically died in a hit-and-run motorcycle accident on Thursday evening. The incident involved a motorcycle without a number plate.
Mandal sustained serious injuries and passed away while receiving treatment at Sita Hospital Janakpur. Police spokesperson DSP Ranjan Awa provided this information.
Authorities located the motorcycle (numbered 02-007 Pa 2943) abandoned in a bushy area late Thursday night. The driver, identified as 30-year-old Rohit Mandal, has absconded.
The victim’s body is at Janakpur Provincial Hospital for post-mortem, and the District Police Office Dhanusa is conducting further investigations.
