A 14-year-old boy went missing after drowning in the Balan River, which flows along the border of Siraha and Saptari.
The missing boy has been identified as Ghanshyam Yadav, son of Shiva Kumar Yadav from Bariyarpur, Sakhuwanankarkatti Rural Municipality-3, Siraha.
According to Siraha police spokesperson DSP Birendra Kumar Paswan, the incident happened around 10 am today when Ghanshyam had gone to collect water from the Balan River in Bhagwanpur Rural Municipality-1 for a local festival.
Nepal Police and Armed Police Force are searching for the boy’s body.