Kathmandu, January 13
Police in Lalitpur district say they have ‘rescued’ 16 persons who were missing from Phulchoki forest of the district since Saturday evening.
The youth, including 12 boys and four girls, had gone to the forest for recreation yesterday. As they did not return home till the evening, the families had informed police about their disappearance.
Following the report, police had launched a search operation yesterday itself.
SP Shekhar Khanal of Lalitpur Metropolitan Police Range says they were rescued from a point inside the forest, which is around 10 kilometres away from Godavari Bus Park.
Police had mobilised seven teams in the search, according to Khanal.
