Lumbini: A person who went missing while participating in a ceremony to immerse the idol of Goddess Durga at the confluence of the Tinau and Danab rivers in Kotahimai Rural Municipality of Rupandehi a few days ago has been found dead today.

During the idol immersion ceremony for the Bada Dashain festival on Tuesday, two individuals, Ajay Kumar Nau, 24, and Ajay Rajbhar, 18, lost their lives, while another went missing in the river. The third victim has been identified as Santa Kumar Rajbhar, 20, of Kotahimai-1, according to the police.

Local residents reported that all three individuals who went to immerse the idol had drowned simultaneously. Police inspector Rajesh Basnet from the District Police Office Rupandehi mentioned that the body was recovered a few meters downstream from the incident site.