Jhapa, June 7: Two boys died after drowning in a pond of Namuna community forest in Arjundhara municipality-19 this morning.
The deceased have been identified as 12-year-old Mahasus Gurung and 10-year-old Sujal Gurung from Jirikhimti of Terhathum district, according to Information Officer at the District Police Office, Khagendra Khadka.
The boys were the relatives of Purna Bahadur Rai from Arjundhara-11. They had gone swimming in the pond this morning. The locals rescued the boys from the pond and rushed to the B&C Hospital, Birtamod, but in vain.
