Kailali, Aug. 28 -- Four teenagers drowned in the Khutiya river in ward 9 of Godawari Municipality, Kailali, on Thursday afternoon.

According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Rana Bahadur Chand of the Area Police Office, Malakheti, the deceased are 17-year-old Sakshyam Joshi, 16-year-old Jewa Bhandari, 17-year-old Jabeb Bhandari from ward 4 of Dhangadhi Sub-metropolitan City, and 15-year-old Pratik Chaudhary.

DSP Chand said the group had gone to celebrate a friend's birthday. While swimming in the river, they attempted to cross by holding hands of each other but got trapped in a strong current. When their grip broke, three managed to get out safely. He said that the teens went missing around 12:30pm, and their bodies were recovered at...