RAPTI: A 19-year-old youth has died after drowning in the Rapti river canal in Banke district.
Kamal Darji, a resident of Nepalgunj Sub-metropolitan City-7, drowned in the canal at Agaiya, Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality-2, according to the District Police Office, Banke.
Eyewitnesses alerted the police after Darji, who worked as a tailor, went missing while swimming on Saturday afternoon.
The police, Nepal Army, and locals later recovered his body during a search operation, said Deepak Patali, Deputy Superintendent of Police at the District Police Office, Banke.
Further investigation into the incident is ongoing, the police added.
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