BARAHATHAWA (SARLAHI), Nov 5: Two persons have gone missing in a pond after a car they were in plunged into the pond at Minyakhor of Ishworpur municipality-2 in Sarlahi early this morning.
The car (Lu 2 Cha 6758) was heading to Gaushala of Mahottari from Bayalbas, Sarlahi.
The District Police Office, Sarlahi, informed that those missing after the car plunge are Rama Kant Thakur, 37, from Sonwa rural municipality-8 and Suresh Mahato, 38, from Gaushala municipality-10 in the district.
Two missing children found dead in pond
However, Janak Yadav, 31, was able to come out alive by swimming, according to Deputy Superintendent of Police, Dipak Shrestha.
DPS Shrestha said that the police personnel were mobilized immediately after they received information on the incident. Later, a team of divers was requested from the Armed Police Force No 2 Division at Bardibas because the initial search could not trace the two missing ones.
The car lost control and slid into a nearby pond from the road, the locals informed.
Investigation into the incident is underway, police added.