ROLPA: Search operation has been started for a teenage youth who went missing while returning to Nepal from Himachal Pradesh of India.

Worried mother, Khuma Bhandari of Jinabang-8 in Rolpa, reached the Rolpa District Police Office on Monday to file a report about her missing child, Dipendra (17).

It has been learned that Dipendra had arrived Nepal on August 18. However, his whereabouts is yet to be ascertained, said Police Inspector Keshab Bahadur Basnet of the DPO.

Earlier, Dipendra had gone to India on April 8 for employment after finishing his grade eight examination with his uncle Dipak Oli (30).