Two teenage girls drowned while swimming in a river in Dailekh.

According to Police Inspector Dipendra Magarati, information officer at the District Police Office, Dailekh, the girls, aged 14 and 16, drowned while swimming in the river in ward 3 of Mahabu Rural Municipality.

The girls had reportedly gone to the area to graze goats, according to the police. Further investigation is underway.