Kathmandu : A teenager has drowned while swimming in an irrigation dam under construction at Hatti Danda in Rupandehi Devdaha Municipality-3.
The deceased has been identified as Karan Rana, 15, of Sanaul Municipality-7 in West Nawalparasi.
Rana drowned and went missing while swimming in an irrigation dam on Thursday. An APF team deployed from the Armed Police Force, Nepal Border Outpost, Pazarkatti, conducted a search operation after receiving information that the drowned teenager was missing.
During the search, his body was found near the spot, according to the Armed Police Force.