The missing girls are Rusma Adhikari (11 years old) and Anjana Adhikari (nine years old), daughters of Madhav Adhikari of local Baireni VDC-9 and Sushma Adhikari (11 years old), daughter of Madhav´s brother.
The girls had gone to the river at 3 pm on Tuesday for a swim and disappeared soon after taking a plunge in the river, according to the eyewitnesses.
Police and locals started a search for the girls but their condition is still not known.
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