Janakpur, May 20 -- Two young boys drowned in a water-filled pit dug for road construction in Dhanusha on Tuesday, police said.

According to Dhanusha District Police Office, the deceased have been identified as Ritik Sah, 7, son of Rambabu Sah, and Ritish Sah, 5, son of Shyambabu Sah. The two brothers, Rambabu and Shyambabu, belong to the same family and reside in Sarabe, ward 2 of Kamala Municipality in northeastern Dhanusha.

The pit, created during soil excavation for an agricultural road, had collected rainwater over the past two weeks. Ritik and Ritish, who had gone out to play, drowned after accidentally falling into the flooded trench.

Their bodies were discovered late in the evening after they failed to return home and a search ...