Two girls drown in Khutia river, one rescued, another reported missing

Dhangadhi: A girl has been seriously injured after drowning in Khutia river in Kailali.

Another girl is missing, police said. Today (Sunday), 14-year-old Savi Awasthi of Dhangadhi-14 'G' village drowned in the river near Beli Bridge between Dhangadhi sub-metropolitan-15 and Ward No.

7 in Khutia river. 16-year-old Jenisa Awasthi is missing, police said. After receiving the news that two girls had drowned in the river, 5 police teams were deployed under the command of Assistant Police Inspector Janakraj Pant, with the help of the police and locals, Savi Awasthi was pulled out of the river and brought to Dhangadhi for treatment, while Jenisha went missing, the police said. The search for the missing girl is underway.