A 14-year-old boy, Sandip Aryal from Kohalpur, Banke, died after being electrocuted while cutting grass in the forest.
Sandip had climbed a Kusum tree to cut grass when he accidentally touched a high-voltage power line and was electrocuted, according to the police.
Police Chief DSP Dharmaraj Bhandari of Kohalpur said the incident occurred in the Rakhsa Central Community Forest in Kohalpur-12. After being electrocuted, Sandip fell to the ground and was seriously injured. He was taken to Nepalgunj Medical College Teaching Hospital in Kohalpur for treatment, where he later died.