Two Men Found Dead After Being Swept Away in Palpa

Two young men have been found dead after apparently being swept away by a stream in Palpa, western Nepal.

Bipin Pokhrel, 32, and Prabin Pun, 23, from Rainadevi Chhahara Rural Municipality-7, were travelling towards Satyawati on a motorcycle on Tuesday evening.

They failed to return home, prompting their families to report them missing to police on Thursday morning.

Police found their motorcycle about five feet below the road at Dumrabas, near the Thadhakhola stream.

Their bodies were later recovered from the Kanchan stream in Sainamaina-10 of neighbouring Rupandehi district.

Police said the bodies have been sent to Lumbini Provincial Hospital in Butwal for post-mortem examinations. An investigation into the incident is continuing.