Feb 08, Kathmandu- The body of a three-year-old boy who had been missing for 10 days from Jitpur Bazar in Simara Sub-metropolitan City-7 has been found. The body of the boy, Anshu Jaiswal, was found on Saturday in the Siasoti River near Tedha village in Birgunj-32, said Shubhadra Waiba, Deputy Superintendent of Police at the Area Police Office, Simara.

The child had left home to play on Magh 17. She said the child's body was found lying face down in the river.

The boy was a resident of Durga Bhawani Rural Municipality-1 in Rautahat and lived in Mavali in Jitpur. Ritesh Chaudhary Jayaswal's 3-year-old son, Anshu, was unable to speak. The boy's father, Ritesh Jayaswal, who was living in a rented room in the Chandranagar Municipality Bazar in Rautahat. He said that he left his son with his in-laws because his wife was pregnant.