In a post on X, the Indian Air Force - Media Co-ordination Centre stated, "Responding swiftly to a call for crucial humanitarian support, the #IAF deployed a C-130J aircraft to airlift the mortal remains of 25 Indian citizens who tragically lost their lives in a road accident in Nepal."
The aircraft which had taken off from West Bengal, India flew back to Maharashtra carrying 25 bodies of the deceased in the Aanbu Khaireni bus accident.
Kumar said that 51 passengers from Maharashtra are being safely transported from Nepal to India in a travel bus. The passengers are being brought to Gorakhpur under the supervision of police escort and Additional District Magistrate.
Union Minister Raksha Khadse and Nepal Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak visited Tribhuvan University Education Hospital in Kathmandu to meet the injured survivors of a tragic bus accident that occurred on August 23, 2024, in Nepal. The accident, which involved a bus carrying Indian pilgrims from
The Ministry of External Affairs has expressed grief over the deaths of Indian nationals in the road accident in Nepal's Tanahun district on Friday, and assured that the Indian Embassy in Nepal is extending all possible support.
A bus carrying around 43 passengers mostly Indian tourists, veered off the road into the Marsyangdi River at Ainapahara in Nepal's Tanahun District on August 23.
As many as 27 tourists were killed after a bus carrying around 43 passengers mostly Indian tourists, veered off the road into the Marsyangdi River at Ainapahara in Nepal's Tanahun District.