Former central general-secretary of Nepal Students’ Union (NSU), Basu Koirala, died in a road accident on Wednesday night.
The 40-year-old Koirala, a resident of Inaruwa Municipality-7, died in a motorcycle accident at Bhokraha-5, Sunsari district.
He was riding a motorcycle with registration number Ko 3 Pa 2786 and was going towards the west on political business at the time of the accident.
Police said Koirala’s motorcycle hit a stationary truck with registration number Na 1 Kha 7870.
Koirala is also the treasurer of the Nepali Congress Sunsari district committee.