Four school-girls went missing after jumping into the Mahakali river in Darchula district on the Indo-Nepal border on Monday, said a girl who was in their company.
According to Nagariknews.com, the girls aged 13 and 14, apparently jumped into the river after returning from their school, Rastriya Higher Secondary School at Udai in the remote far-western district. They found they had failed in the annual exams, the results for which were made public in then school, said Kamala Daga who said she had also gone to “commit suicide” with the four girls.
Mamta Chunara, 14, Puja Koli, 14, Nitu Lohar, 13 and another also named Mamta Chunara, 13 jumped into the river.
According to Headmaster of the school, Rajendra Samanta, the parents of the missing girls are yet to be informed.
Though local reports said that all the three might have been drowned, the bodies are yet to be recovered.
