Darchula incident: India denies SSB dismantling ‘tuin’

KATHMANDU, Aug 1: India has denied the involvement of its security personnel in dismantling the improvised cable crossing (tuin) at Darchaula’s Byas Rural Municipality-2, Malghat where Nepal’s 33-year-old Jaya Singh Dhami went missing in the Mahakali River on Friday.

Writing a letter to the chief district officer (CDO) of Darchula district on Saturday, district officer of India’s Pithoragarh district, Aanand Swarup said that no Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel was involved in the incident.