An Indian national was killed when a bus hit his motorcycle in Nepal's Kapilvastu district

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An Indian national was killed when a bus hit his motorcycle in Nepal's Kapilvastu district.

The deceased was identified as 50-year-old Gauri Shankar Chaurasia, a resident of Siddharthanagar district of Uttar Pradesh, the Kathmandu Post reported.

The incident took place on Wednesday when the bus en route to Taulihawa collided head-on with the motorcycle at Dohani, killing Chaurasia on the spot, the police said.

Chaurasia's body was taken to a hospital for postmortem.

The bus was impounded and its driver was detained for investigation.

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