Two boys drown in pond

SIRAHA: Two boys died after drowning in a pond at Naraha Rural Municipality-3 in the district.

They are six-year-old Rahul Mandal, the son of local Sushil Mandal and his eight-year-old nephew, Aashish Mandal.

Deputy Superintendent of Police at the District Police Office, Muktinath Sapkota, sad the boys were missing from yesterday and found dead in the pond belonging to a local Basanta Yadav this morning.

The bodies have been kept at State Hospital Siraha for post mortem and further investigation into the incident was underway, he added.