Tehrathum: Teacher & student while filming TikTok by river
The police are conducting further investigations into the incident.
KATHMANDU: Two people, a teacher and a student dies on Saturday afternoon after falling into a ravine at the Khorunga River gorge in Menchhayem Rural Municipality, Tehrathum, while filming a TikTok video.
The deceased were identified as Rabina Rajbanshi, a nurse teacher at the local Gaukuri Mavi, and Sushmita Bhattrai, an approximately 12-year-old student in class 7 at the same school.
According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Chinimaya Tamang, the incident occurred when the teacher and the student, along with friends, went to the Khorunga River to swim after school on their day off.
While filming a TikTok video at the river’s gorge, both fell and died at the scene.
Local Rural Municipality Chairperson Yadav Bahadur Khapung confirmed the tragedy and stated that authorities are currently at the scene, working to recover the bodies from the ravine and transport them to the riverbank.
