Student drowns in Dang

Dang, Sept 17: A student who had gone for a swim at a local canal dam has drowned.

Netra Luhar,19, a grade 12 student at the Martyr Residential Higher Secondary School, Manpur died in the incident, according to Area Police Office, Tulasipur. Luhar was rescued alive from the canal leading from the Chuka river in Manpur-7 but he died in course of treatment at Rapital Zonal Hospital, DSP at the Office Krishna Prasain said. Luhar was a resident of Shivathana VDC-2 in Kalikot.