Two persons have gone missing in the Narayani River at Devghat while taking a bath at around 7:00 am today.

They are Bhojraj Adhikari, 19, of Assam in India, currently studying Sanskrit at Dhangadhi-based Laxmi Narayan Temple, and Pankaj Dahal, 17, of Dhangadhi sub-metropolitan city-3, said police.

Both of them had arrived in Devghat on a trip jointly organised by Dhangadhi sub-metropolis and the Lamxi Narayan Temple. Police personnel from Temporary Police Post, Devghat and ward police office, Narayangadh have been deputed to carry out a search for the missing ones, said a Spokesperson at the Chitwan Police, Bijay Raj Pandit.

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