Foreign Affairs Ministry employee found dead in Begnas Lake

POKHARA, May 8: 31-year-old Anup Bhandari, an employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was found dead in Pokhara's Begnas Lake on Monday. Locals informed the police after seeing a dead body floating in the water 400 meters away from Dugaghat at 8 am. When the police reached the spot and took the body out of the lake, the identity of Bhandari was revealed based on the identity card found.

Bhandari had come to Pokhara by flight from Kathmandu at 1 am last night. District Police Office Kaski spokesperson DSP Shrawan Kumar B.K. confirmed that Bhandari was found in Begnas Lake.