Two persons died after being drowned in two separate rivulets.

Chief of District Police Banke, DSP Santosh Singh Rathor informed that Kiran Burma, 21, of Janaki Rural Municipality-4, Gijara died after he drowned in the Belahaniya rivulet.

Burma went missing this afternoon while swimming in the rivulet with friends. A police team took out the body of Burma.

Likewise, Suresh Sarki, 17, of Kohalpur municipality-1, Kaushila town drowned to death while swimming in a lake.

Sarki died after being drowned while taking dip in the Mahendra Lake in Baijanath Rural Municiplaity-3, LB Chowk, Rathor informed.

Besides Sarki, two others who were swimming together went missing in the lake, police said. —