Chitwan, Nepal: The bodies of 27 Indian tourists who perished in a bus accident in Tanahun district on Friday were repatriated to India on Saturday.
An Indian army ship transported 25 of the deceased from Bharatpur Airport to Gorakhpur, while the bodies of the bus driver and co-driver were sent by ambulance due to their proximity to the Nepal-India border.
The tragic accident occurred when an Indian-registered bus traveling from Pokhara to Kathmandu plunged into the Marsyangdi River near Aina Pahara in Abukhaireni Rural Municipality. The incident resulted in 27 fatalities and 16 injuries.
The injured survivors are receiving medical treatment at the University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu. The bodies of the victims were initially taken to Bharatpur Hospital in Chitwan for a post-mortem examination.
On Saturday, Raksha Khadse, the Minister of State for Youth and Sports of the Government of India, visited Kathmandu to offer condolences to the injured and their families. She subsequently traveled to Bharatpur to oversee the departure of the deceased tourists’ bodies to India.
