An eight-year-old boy missing for eight days has been found dead at Lumughat, Syabrumba-8 in Pachthar district on Wednesday. 

Risab Katuwal of Pachthar-4 in the district had gone missing after the Hewa River in the locality reportedly swept him away. 

Locals informed police after they found the rotten dead body with broken legs and hands at some 30 kilo metres off the place the boy drowned, police said. 

The body of the boy was later handed over to his family, said Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Krishna Koirala. RSS