Three children drowned in flood water at Gaur Municipality-3, Rautahat.

The deceased have been identified as Astha Kumari Baitha (13), Ragani Yadav (15) and Mausami Baitha of Rajdevi Municipality-8.

The incident occurred when seven children were heading towards Gaur to fetch fodder for cattle.

Locals rescued four of the drowned children while they retrieved the bodies of three children from the water.

A joint team of the Nepali Police and Armed Police Force recovered the bodies while carrying out a search operation.

All the bodies have been kept at the provincial hospital, police said.