24 February 2020, Mustang
A Malaysian national died due to altitude sickness in Mustang on Sunday.
As shared by the Police Inspector Binod Poudel at District Police Office Mustang, 62-year-old Raja Lingam Thenchathamdi holding passport number 40829026 died while returning from Muktinath.
The Malaysian national who had reached Muktinath along with his wife and relatives fell unconscious near a helipad at around 10 am.
He was rushed to Jomsom Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead.
The dead body has been taken to the Kathmandu-based Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital for postmortem.
