Four youths drowned in the Khutiyakhola (river) at Godawari Municipality in Kailali district on Thursday.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Rana Bahadur Chand of the District Police Office, Kailali identified the deceased as Jabej Bhandari (17) and Jeb Bhandari (15) of Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City-4 and Saksham Joshi (15) and Pratik Chaudhary (17) of ward-5 of Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City. 

DSP Chand said that the bodies of all them were recovered near the incident site. 

However, three other swimmers from the team returned home safely. 

The youths had gone for swimming some 18 kilometres away from Dhangadhi city in the downhill of the Chure region in the Khutiyakhola.