An old woman drowned in a pond in Agnisair Krishnaswaran Rural Municipality here on Monday while picking gonghi.

A 72-year-old resident of Rural Municipality-2 Sitapur drowned in Sadako Pond, police said. Madhav Prasad Kafle, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Kanchanpur District Police Office, informed that Ranjan Chaudhary drowned while picking blankets in his private pond, which is about two kilometers north of his house. The police said that further investigations are being conducted into the incident.

Similarly, a young man died on Monday evening after drowning in the pond while saluting the statue of Sri Krishna Janmashtami in Khadak Municipality-6. . 

District Police Office Deputy Superintendent of Police Jitendra Kumar Basnet informed that 18-year-old Raja Chaudhary of Khadak Municipality-7 was the deceased. According to him, he drowned while going to the pond to wash the idol made in the village on the occasion of Sri Krishna Janmashtami. Chowdhury, who was unconscious after drowning, was brought to Chhinmasta Hospital in Rajviraj by the villagers for treatment. The police said that he died during treatment.