3 persons drown

KATHMANDU: Three persons drowned in separate incidents in Surkhet and Dailekh districts on Saturday.

According to the Surkhet District Police Office, 14-year-old Samjhana Thapa and 12-year-old Kalpana Rawat of Birendranagar Municipality-10 drowned while swimming in Tuni River on Saturday evening.

Similarly, 18-year-old Ramesh Pun of Gurans Rural Municipality of Dailekh drowned in pond on Saturday itself.