Three drown in two separate incidents in Kaski

Kaski, July 19: Three people died in two separate water-related incidents in Kaski district. They died after drowning in a river and a pond on Friday.

Two youths drowned while swimming in the Harpankhola rivulet at Ghantichhina of Pokhara Metropolitan City-23, according to the spokesperson at the District Police Office, Basanta Kumar Sharma.

Those killed in the incident were Prakrit Buddhacharya, 18, from Mohariya Tole of Pokhara-1, and Swayam Tamrakar, 18, from Baglung Bus Park of Pokhara-2.

They were friends with each other and had gone swimming in the rivulet.

Similarly, Sachin Pariyar, 6, from Pokhara-26, died, by drowning in the Gudetal pond.