Three people drown including one minor in Taplejung

Arghakhanchi: Two youths drowned while swimming in Jhimruk and Chhirling rivers in Bhumikasthan Municipality in Arghakhanchi district on Saturday. 

Acting Chief of District Police Office, Arghakhanchi, Bishnuprasad Paudel said that 19-year-old Dilip Nepali and Ashok Nepali of Dhanchaur Puyapata in Bhumikasthan Municipality-10 drowned in the rivers.   

Meanwhile, a six-year-old baby girl, Irtunga Mabo, died as she drowned in a water tank near her house in Sirijunga Rural Municipality-5 in the district of Taplejung.