Teenage Girl Drowns and Another Goes Missing While Swimming in Indrawati River, Melamchi

14 Baisakh, Kavrepalanchok – A tragic incident occurred in the Indrawati River in Melamchi, Sindhupalchok district, where a teenage girl drowned and another went missing while swimming. According to DSP JC Shah, Information Officer at the Sindhupalchok District Police Office, around 4 PM on Monday, one of the two girls swimming in the river was found dead, while the other remains missing.

The deceased has been identified as 18-year-old Anjali Giri from Ratmate, Melamchi-9. Her body was recovered from beneath the Baneg Simal area in Melamchi. The missing girl is 14-year-old Anjita Jyoti from Syall, Panchpokhari Thangpal Rural Municipality-6. A joint team of police and local residents is actively searching for Anjita. Both girls resided in Kathmandu for their studies and had visited relatives in Melamchi to celebrate their holiday, the police stated. Local authorities have urged the public to exercise extreme caution when swimming in rivers and streams, especially with the approaching rainy season.