Nepal, July 20 -- Groups of women who were reportedly missing after entering the Shuklaphanta National Park (SNP) in Kanchanpur to collect mushroom have been found safe.

Following the reports 14 women from Bagphanta of Bhimdutta municipality-19 had gone missing inside the park area since Sunday evening, the Nepali Army (NA) Shuklaphanta unit had launched a search operation, it is said.

According to Prakash Ghimire, Battalion Chief of Ranasingh Battalion deployed for the park security, the women have reportedly come into contact with their families.

"We mobilized all available mechanisms for a comprehensive search operation and received reports a short while ago that they had come into contact with their families. All of them are sai...