Tanahun, April 30:

A Nepal Army soldier, Shambhu Tiwari, 27, who was posted in the Aridaman battalion based in Khairenitar VDC of Tanahun district drowned in Seti River on Wednesday. “Tiwari had gone to Dobhan with friends to swim in the river, where he drowned,” the District Police Office said, adding: “His body was fished out and will be sent to Damauli Hospital for post-mortem.”