23 April, Hetauda: Two youths drowned while fishing in the Rapti river at the Manhari Village Council – 8 of Makawanpur on Saturday.

The deceased have been identified as Sitaram BK and Tula Bahadur Pakhrin of Manhari – 7, police said. It took almost three and a half hours to retrieve their bodies.

The Area Police Office and the locals used an excavator to recover the bodies of the two youths. Their bodies have been kept at the Hetauda Hospital for post-mortem examinations. RSS