Baitadi, Sept. 21 -- year-old girl from ward 5 of Sunarya Rural Municipality in Baitadi was found dead on the bank of Sunarya River on Wednesday morning.

The deceased has been identified as Apsara Chand, a grade 12 student at Roleswar Secondary School in Ramkibaraiel. Locals informed police after spotting her body by the river.

Police from the Patan Area Police Office confirmed her identity, said Police Inspector Baldev Badu, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Baitadi.

Apsara's father, who works in India, returned home after hearing about the tragic incident. Her body was sent for post-mortem at the District Hospital in Baitadi before being cremated, according to her uncle Bir Bahadur Chand. She was the elder of two siblings a...