BAITADI, Nov. 13 -- Identities of nine people who died in a tragic bus accident Thursday night at Khodpe of Patan Municipality-9 in Baitadi district have been established, local police officials said.

According to Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Narayan Prasad Adhikari, the deceased have been identified as Rana Bahadur Chand and Karan Singh Airee, both of Sittad in Dogadakedar-6, Kabindra Joshi, an employee at Dogadakedar Rural municipality office, Tarkaraj Giri of Lekam Rural Municipality-4 in Darchula District, Jaganath Ojha of Malikarjun Rural municipality-5, Kritika Karki of Tilachaur at Bhimdatta Municipality-8 in Kanchanpur District, Bijjna Dhami of the Municipality-10, Narendra Chaudhary of Dhangadhi Sub Metropolitan City-4 ...