Two persons died and another got injured in an accident on NH31C in Mantharam under Kalchini police station of Alipurduar district on Sunday.

Police said Jyotish Sakar, 31, and Ratan Sarkar, 35, were headed towards Siliguri in a car from Srirampur of Assam. On the way, the vehicle collided head-on with a truck and fell into a roadside ditch. Both the occupants of the car died on the spot.

Police rushed to the spot and rescued the injured truck driver. Both the vehicles have been seized.

“We have obtained details of both the victims. Their family members have been informed,” said a police officer.

Chinese national 

Troops of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) posted at the India-Nepal border arrested a Chinese national on Saturday.

Sources said the SSB personnel of 41 battalion intercepted Lobsang Nayma at Panitanki, around 35km from Siliguri, and found Indian voter, Aadhaar and PAN cards along with Chinese identity proofs and currencies of India, Nepal and China on him.

He was handed over to the police of Kharibari, Darjeeling.