Sudurpaschim, Aug 28: Four youths died while swimming in the Khutiyakhora (stream) at Godawari Municipality in Kailali district. All four youths drowned while swimming in the river on Thursday.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of Kailali district, Rana Bahadur Chand, said that 17-year-old Jabej Bhandari and Jeb Bhandari, 15, of Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City-4 and Saksham Joshi, 15, and Pratik Chaudhary, 17, of ward no. 5 of Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City died in the incident.
DSP Chand shared that the dead bodies of all four youths were recovered near the incident site.
However, three other swimmers from the team returned home safely.
The youths had gone for swimming some 18 kilometres away from Dhangadhi city in the downhill of the Chure region in the Khutiyakhola.
