The Indian pilgrims were in Nepal for a 10-day tour.One of the buses the pilgrims were travelling in veered off a highway and fell into the fast-flowing Marsyangdi river at Abu Khaireni in Tanahun district, according to local officials.Sixteen others were also injured in the accident.Earlier in the day, post-mortem examinations of all 27 Indians were carried out at the Bharatpur Hospital in Chitwan district of the Bagmati province, Home Ministry spokesperson Narayan Prasad Bhattarai said.Khadse, who was accompanied by Savkare, along with Nepal’s Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, visited the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu and met the 16 injured passengers undergoing treatment there.”Thanked Hon’ble HM and Govt of Nepal for the prompt and timely assistance provided for the search and rescue operations as also for the treatment of the injured,” Khadse posted on X after the hospital visit.She also expressed appreciation for the Indian embassy in Nepal for providing “necessary assistance and coordination on the ground with Nepalese authorities”.Of the 16 injured, the condition of one is said to be critical, while others are stable, according to hospital sources.
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