Three Rescued, 14 Still Missing in Shuklaphanta National Park

Three people who had gone to search for mushrooms in Shuklaphanta National Park have been rescued safely by the Nepalese Army.

The rescue operation was carried out by the Ran Singh Dal Gan team, led by Sub-Inspector Suman Kesi, who found the three individuals – Lakshmi Thapa Magar, Sita Chaudhary, and Manju Rana – in the jungle, about four kilometers from the Lalleri post.

According to the army, the three individuals had entered the park on Sunday to search for mushrooms. Meanwhile, a group of 14 women from Bhimdatt Municipality-19, Bagphanta, who had also entered the park on Sunday, remain uncontactable.

The Ran Singh Dal Gan team has launched a search operation to locate the missing women, with a large number of soldiers deployed in the park.

The women had entered the park on Sunday afternoon to search for mushrooms. The District Police Office in Kanchanpur has confirmed that a search operation is underway to locate the missing women.