BHOJPUR: A man who was swept by a river in Chichila Rural Municipality-2 of Sankhuwasabha district, was found dead, on Thursday afternoon.

The deceased has been identified as Man Kumar Rai of Silichong Rural Municipality-4 in the district.

According to Chichila-based Police Post, Rai was swept by local Hadikhola at Imchung while he was returning home from the market yesterday. When Rai did not return home until late afternoon, his relatives went searching for him and found his body the same day, said police.

A team of police carried out an on-site investigation before sending the body to Sankhuwasabha District Hospital for the postmortem.