Two girls die in a river

KHAJURA: Two girls died after being drowned while summing in the Rapti River in Banke.

They breathed their last after being drowned in the Sidhaniyaghat river at Duduwa Rural Municipality-4 on Tuesday evening.

A group of six persons, including both the girls had reached the river banks for picnic purpose.

Sharad Chaudhari, 29, of Kohalpur Municiplaity-2 and Sarita Chaudhary, 25, of Nepalgunj Sub-Metropolitan-12, Koreanpur died while swimming in the river, said Spokesperson of District Police Office, Banke, DSP Ram Prasad Gharti Magar.

Police investigation into the incident is underway, it is said.