Two girls have gone missing in the Mahakali River on Sunday. They disappeared in the river from Bhimduttanagar Municipality-12 of Kanchanpur district.
It is reported that the young girls disappeared while they were taking a bath in the river.
According to the District Police Office (DPO), Kanchanpur, those missing girls were 6-year-old girl Sanvi Panta and 7-year-old Jibika Panta of Bhimduttanagar Municipality-11 in the district.
DSP Sagar Bohora, also the Spokesperson at DPO, said the search operation for the missing minors was underway. A joint team of the Nepal Police, the Armed Police Force and the Nepali Army has been undertaking a search operation.
Local residents reported that there were other young girls who were bathing on the river bank. Among them, the two went missing.
Truck hits two persons to death
Two persons died after they were hit by a truck at Sisnepul of Gaidakot-10 in Nawalparasi Purba on Sunday.
The truck (Na 4 Kha 8417) heading to Narayanghat from Kawasoti hit a scooter (Lu 55 Pa 3134), taking lives of both the scooter rider and pillion rider, according to Deputy Superintendent of Police, Madhu Nepal, from District Police Office.
The identity of those killed in the accident is yet to be established. The lifeless bodies are kept at Bharatpur Hospital, Chitwan.
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