BAITADI: A boy has gone missing while he was bathing with his friends in the local Seti River from Thalakanda of Baitadi district.

The eight-year-old Uttam Saud of Thalakanda VDC-6 of the district had gone to the river near his home to take a bath on Saturday.

The incident was, however, reported to police only today, according to DSP Mohan Prasad Pokharel.

Police together with locals are now looking for the missing boy in and around the river.