A man has gone missing after being swept away while collecting sand from the Mahakali River.
The incident happened on Thursday evening at Bangabagar area near Mahakali Municipality-4. According to police, Dipu Lohar from Duhun Rural Municipality-3 went missing while extracting sand from the riverbank.
DSP Prakash Dahal of the Darchula District Police Office said that search efforts are ongoing. Security personnel have also been deployed in lower areas of the river to help with the search.