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Two boys, aged 12 and 13, drowned while swimming in Maan Khola of Banke Baijanath Rural Municipality on Saturday.
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Published at : April 21, 2018
Updated at : April 22, 2018 07:44
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Two boys, aged 12 and 13, drowned while swimming in Maan Khola of Banke Baijanath Rural Municipality on Saturday.
Kohalpur police said Santosh Khadka, 12, and Chandra Bahadur Basnet, 13, drowned in the river at around 12 noon today.
The boys were rushed to Teaching Hospital in Kohalpur but were declared dead by doctors.
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