Kanchanpur/salyan, Sept. 17 -- Four Nepali workers, including three members of the same family from Basnetjyula in ward 4 of Kumakh Rural Municipality, Salyan, died in a jeep accident at Kotkhai in Himachal Pradesh, India, on Monday. The deceased have been identified as 47-year-old Dilli Bahadur Shahi, 37-year-old Ekendra Shahi, 24-year-old Laxmi Shahi, and 37-year-old Rajesh Bista. Three others-Nep Bahadur Shahi, Sajan Shahi, and Hemant Shahi-sustained minor injuries and were discharged after treatment.

According to police, the accident occurred when the Nepali workers were travelling in a jeep from Ramnagar toward apple orchards to transport fruit. Laxmi Shahi and the driver, Jogendra Singh Dogra-the orchard owner-were inside the vehic...