RAUTAHAT, July 21: An 18-year-old youth drowned while taking a bath in a canal at Chandrapur Municipality-8 in Rautahat district.
According to police, the deceased has been identified as Sheikh Naushad of Gugauliya Tole in the same municipality.
Preliminary investigation into the incident has begun, and the body is being prepared to be sent for post-mortem, police said.