Three girls, aged 10 to 12, drowned in a pond at Dhanauji Rural Municipality-5 of Dhanusha district on Thursday.

According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Ranjan Awale, the victims were rescued after the local people saw them drowning in Ghonghaun pond at around noon. 

They died while being rushed to hospital.

Further investigation is underway into the incident, said police. 

Similarly, a local youth drowned in the Rara lake, the country’s biggest lake, in Mugu.

According to Raju Ghimire, conservation officer at Rara National Park, Shishir Rawal of Karkibada settlement in Chhayanath Rara Municipality died while he was swimming with his friends in the lake.

The victim’s body was found floating near the Thakurnath temple in the eastern part of the lake. The national park has imposed a ban on fishing and swimming in the lake.