Two drown in Sank river during idol immersion

Two persons drowned today while immersing an idol of Lord Ganesha at Sank river here.

A group of seven youths, all locals, went to the river to immerse the idol. Of them, Kanta Shakya (28) and Brijmohan Shakya (19) drowned, Police Inspector Ashish Rajput said.

The bodies were fished out and handed over to the families after postmortem.