The Bageshwar district administration has launched a magisterial enquiry into a road accident case at Kapkot tehsil in which a native of Mukteshwar, Nainital, died after the vehicle he was travelling in fell below 50 meter of the road last month. KS Toliya, SDM, Kapkot, who is also investigating the incident said Pankanj Tiwari, son of lalit Tiwari, a native of Mukteshwar, Nainital, died on May 26 in the incident.
The official further informed that the vehicle in which the deceased was travelling in fell off the road near tourist guest house, Khalidhar (loharkhet) in Kapkot tehsil, around 10-11 pm. The registered number of the vehicle is UK-04 CA - 0865, he added.