India, Aug. 3 -- The body of an Indian man was recovered from an irrigation canal in southern Terai plains in Nepal on Sunday, after he drowned in Bagmati river.

The body was identified to be of Rohit Kumar Singh, a resident of Bihar's Khagaria district, reported news agency PTI.

The 30-year-old man was bathing at the Bagmati river, in Chandrapur Municipality around 2.40 pm on Saturday, shortly after which he went missing.

He had reportedly consumed alcohol before stepping into the river water, PTI quoted The Himalayan Times, which cited local police.

A rescue team comprising the Armed Police Force's Disaster Response Unit and local police found Singh's body at around 10.25 am on Sunday, from an irrigation canal of the river in the Gu...