One Dead, Two Missing While Gathering Herbs in Humla

Humla. One person from Mugu has died and two are missing while coming to collect medicinal herbs in the Baghedhunga Community Forest located in Changkheli Rural Municipality-2 of Humla. The deceased has been identified as 22-year-old Ganesh Budha from Pāpu and Chhāil of Karmarong Rural Municipality-9, Mugu, who had come to Humla for herb collection, informed Assistant Chief District Officer Dhankrishna Pandey.

According to him, information was received by the administration that 13 people from Karmarong Rural Municipality, Mugu, had gone to various community forests of Humla for herb collection on Bhadra 28. One of them has died, two are out of contact, three have returned home, and the remaining seven have come into contact with the Limi Police Post, informed Janak Bahadur Singh, spokesperson for the District Police Office, Humla. The actual cause of the incident is still unclear. To understand the incident, two people each from both Humla and Mugu sides were called to the Limi Police Post for discussion.