Two boys drown in pond

Siraha: Two boys have died after drowning in a pond at Naraha rural municipality-3 in the district.

They are six-year-old Rahul Mandal, the son of local Sushil Mandal and his eight-year-old nephew, Ashish Mandal.

Deputy Superintendent of Police at the District Police Office, Muktinath Sapkota, said the boys were missing from yesterday and found dead in the pond belonging to a local Basanta Yadav this morning.

DSP Sapkota said that the bodies have been kept at Provincial Hospital Siraha for post mortem and further investigation into the incident was underway.