RAUTAHAT: Three children have gone missing in Bagmati River near Dharmapur of Rautahat district.

Police said that the three children were missing from today afternoon in a swimming incident.

According to the police, those missing are Pinku Kumari Mukhiya, 10, Sujita Das, 12, and Chanchal Kumari Mukhiya, 10, of Gadimai Municipality-7 in the district.

Police with the help of locals have initiated a search for the missing girls.

The issue came to the notice after a woman informed the people about the incident.