19-year-old Nikesh Nepali of Gandaki rural municipality-8 Vaseri has gone missing after drowning in Budhigandaki river. District Police Office Gorkha DSP Indra Prasad Subedi said that the search is on for the child who drowned while swimming.

The family member informed the police station that the child had drowned. 

He said that a joint team including the district police office and subordinate police offices and local authorities is searching for the child. The police said that the child who went missing on Saturday could not be found until Sunday evening.