Two persons, who went missing while taking a ritual bath at Gosaikunda Lake in Rasuwa, have been found dead.

The deceased have been identified as Manoj Neupane (28) of Belbari and Sujan Dhakal of Biratnagar.

A team of Nepal Army deployed from the Shreenath Battalion retrieved the bodies of Neupane and Dhakal from the lake by using local resources.

The Nepal Army will handover the bodies to Nepal Police.