CHITWAN: Three teenage boys have gone missing from the eastern Chitwan for the past four days.

Police said Ashwin Dhamala of Kholesimal and Thomas Lamichhane of Gurauchaur from Kalika Municipality-6 and Raju Gurung of Lankaline from Kalika Municipality-8 went missing since Friday. They all are students of the 8th grade at the local Siddhi Binayak Boarding School.

According to Thomas' father, Bibek Lamichhane, his son had left home for school last Friday, but they have not seen them since then. The 14-year-olds were last spotted in the Kholesimal Bazaar the same day.

The families of the missing boys are worried as their efforts to find them have gone in vain.

They have approached the Area Police Office, Ratnanagar, seeking help to find them.

The Office said that its search operation for the missing children was underway.