Two children who went missing in the Narayani River on Tuesday evening were found dead on Wednesday afternoon, police said.

The victims—13-year-old Diksha Sherpunja and her 9-year-old brother Swapnil Sherpunja—were residents of Kumaltol in Gaindakot Municipality-1.

According to the District Police Office, their bodies were recovered from near British Camp by a team of divers from the Armed Police Force.

The children had accompanied their grandmother to the riverbank and reportedly entered the water to retrieve her slippers when they drowned.

Both were students of Nepal Rastriya Shumsher Adarsha Secondary School in Gaindakot and had recently completed their annual examinations for grades 7 and 4.