The body of an 8-year-old child was found on the bank of the Trishuli River in Barkheghat, Gandaki Rural Municipality-8. DSP Indra Prasad Subedi of District Police Office Gorkha said that the child's body was found on the bank of the river on Friday evening.

After the information that the dead body was found on the river bank, police station Khyalchok and district police office were also deployed for further investigation. The body has not been identified. He said that the subordinate police units and neighboring districts have also been coordinated for the identification of the bodies. The body has been kept at Gorkha Hospital mortuary for post-mortem. The police also said that the incident is being investigated