A 40-year-old man from ward 3 of Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City, Kailali, went missing while bathing in the Seti River at Luwakhadi in ward 8 of Shikhar Municipality, Doti, on Monday.

According to police sub-inspector Narayan Singh Negi of the Doti District Police Office, the man and his friend were travelling from Dhangadhi to Achham in a car and stopped on the way to take a bath.

Police have launched a search in the river. Preparations are being made to send identification details of the man to nearby police stations and local units, said Negi.