Two young girls went missing after drowning in the Mahakali River in Kanchanpur.
According to District Police Office spokesperson DSP Sagar Bohara, the missing girls are around 7-year-old Sanvi Panta and 8-year-old Jivika Panta from Bhimdatta Municipality-11.
They were swept away while bathing in the river around 1:30 PM on Sunday.
A joint team of Nepal Police, Armed Police Force, and Nepal Army is searching for them.