ACHHAM, Sept 7: Two boys died after drowning in a pit full of water in Achham on Saturday morning.
The deceased have been identified as Lalit Badi (13) and Yukesh Damai (12) of Mangalsen municipality-7, Janali.
Badi and Damai who went to a nearby forest to graze their goats, drowned in the pothole that had been formed in course of road construction, a local Sushil Bhandari informed Republica Online.
Achham police deployed under the command of Inspector Kalendra Shahi and the local people collectively took dead bodies out of the pothole.