An Indian national died by drowning in the Tinau river in Dobhan of Tinau Rural Municipality -3 on Sunday.

According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Sugandha Shrestha, also the information officer at the Palpa police office, a 15-year-old boy from Gorakhpur of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, drowned while swimming in the river.

The victim had come to visit Nepal with his family members, police said.

Further investigation into the matter is underway.