India to Arrange Special Aircraft for Deceased Tourists from Abu Khaireni Accident

Kathmandu: The government of India will be arranging special aircraft to ferry the bodies of Indian tourists who lost their lives in by a road accident at Abu Khaireni in Tanahu yesterday.

The decision was taken at the wish of the families and relatives of the victims . According to the Indian Express, Maharashtra a chief Minister Eknath Sindhu spoke to Union Amit Shah and senior officials about bringing home the bodies of the dead.

A statement released by the CMO, Shah told Shinde that a special officer has been appointed for coordination and a special IAF aircraft will be provided to bring the bodies back, Express said.

Altogether 27 people were declared dead and 16 were undergoing treatment in the teaching Hospital. They had been rescued by Nepal’s security agencies and later brought to Kathmandu in Nepal Army’s Mi 17 helicopter .

The Bus with Uttar Pradesh registration number was carrying altogether 43 people including the Driver, it fell 250 m down into the Marsyangdi River near Abu Khairani around 11. 40 A M nearly two hours after it had left Kathmandu from Pokhara.

According to the Express, thr bodies will be brought from Nepal to Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh. From there they will be brought to Nashik by Air Force aircraft. After that, the bodies will be handed over to the families,” the statement said. “We are also coordinating with the Uttar Pradesh government and Nepalese authorities to repatriate the bodies of the deceased back to Maharashtra,” Devendra Fadnavis , former Maharashtra Chief Minister said in a post on X.