Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Tuesday expressed”deep grief” within the passing of eight Keralite vacationers in a Nepal hotel, a release in the Chief Minister’s Office said. The bodies have been expected to be brought to the state following post-mortem, the announcement added.
On way back from trip, 8 Keralites die in Nepal Hotel; bodies Probably tomorrow, to reach state
Friends in shock
As many as eight Keralaite tourists died in Nepal on Tuesday when they fell unconscious due to a gas leak in their resort room where they’d checked into on their way back from their trip to Pokhara, a destination that was mountainous.
These were airlifted into HAMS hospital, where they were declared dead on arrival, Sushil Singh Rathaur, Superintendent of Police, Makawanpur, said. The deceased had been identified as Prabin Kumar Nayar (39), Sharanya (34), Ranjit Kumar TB (39), Indu Ranjit (34), Shree Bhadra (9), Abinab Soraya (9), Abi Nayar (7), and Baishnab Ranjit (2), The Kathmandu Post reported.
According to a relative Prabin Kumar and Ranjit Kumar, both IT professionals, were classmates while researching in engineering school and the tour was arranged after a reunion in Delhi. Prabin, who hails from Chempazhanthi in Thiruvananthapuram, functioned as an engineer at Dubai while his spouse, Sharanya, was a nursing student and lived in Kochi along with their three kids.
Expressing shock over the tragedy, Kerala Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran said the authorities led the state DGP to get in touch with all the Nepal authorities and take necessary steps. “Also talked to Union Minister V Muraleedharan over phone.
Ranjit’s family member said while his wife Indu was an accountant in a bank at Kozhikode, he was operating in an IT company in Thiruvananthapuram. The elder son Madhav who had been sleeping in the other room of the couple had a fortunate escape
His household and prabin had seen with their parents’ house in the city said a neighbour, though a family friend said Prabin’s elderly parents are told that the family has met with an accident. “We have not told them about the tragedy that had befallen,” he told television channels.
Efforts to bring bodies back underway
Meanwhile, as news spread of the deceased into their own hometown Thiruvananthapuram, families and friends members tried to come to terms with the shock and disbelief that the mishap has brought to them.
To Everest Panorama Resort in Daman in Makawanpur district, a bunch of 15 tourists had checked on their way back to Kerala on Monday . According to the resort manager, though they’d booked a total of four chambers, eight of them, including four children and two couples, stayed in 1 room. Once they checked in their roomthey turned to keep themselves warm, the manager said, adding that all the windows and the doorway were discharged from inside. Police suspect that they might have passed out because of insufficient ventilation.
Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan too said Embassy officials in Kathmandu were to bring the bodies back to India as soon as possible. “We’re in regular touch with the Indian embassy in Kathmandu”, ” he explained.
In a tweet, the chief minister’s office said the department of Non-Resident Keralites Affairs (NORKA) has taken measures to expedite the repatriation of the vacationers’ mortal remains.
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On way back from trip, 8 Keralites die in Nepal Hotel; bodies Probably tomorrow, to reach state
Friends in shock
As many as eight Keralaite tourists died in Nepal on Tuesday when they fell unconscious due to a gas leak in their resort room where they’d checked into on their way back from their trip to Pokhara, a destination that was mountainous.
These were airlifted into HAMS hospital, where they were declared dead on arrival, Sushil Singh Rathaur, Superintendent of Police, Makawanpur, said. The deceased had been identified as Prabin Kumar Nayar (39), Sharanya (34), Ranjit Kumar TB (39), Indu Ranjit (34), Shree Bhadra (9), Abinab Soraya (9), Abi Nayar (7), and Baishnab Ranjit (2), The Kathmandu Post reported.
According to a relative Prabin Kumar and Ranjit Kumar, both IT professionals, were classmates while researching in engineering school and the tour was arranged after a reunion in Delhi. Prabin, who hails from Chempazhanthi in Thiruvananthapuram, functioned as an engineer at Dubai while his spouse, Sharanya, was a nursing student and lived in Kochi along with their three kids.
Expressing shock over the tragedy, Kerala Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran said the authorities led the state DGP to get in touch with all the Nepal authorities and take necessary steps. “Also talked to Union Minister V Muraleedharan over phone.
Ranjit’s family member said while his wife Indu was an accountant in a bank at Kozhikode, he was operating in an IT company in Thiruvananthapuram. The elder son Madhav who had been sleeping in the other room of the couple had a fortunate escape
His household and prabin had seen with their parents’ house in the city said a neighbour, though a family friend said Prabin’s elderly parents are told that the family has met with an accident. “We have not told them about the tragedy that had befallen,” he told television channels.
Efforts to bring bodies back underway
Meanwhile, as news spread of the deceased into their own hometown Thiruvananthapuram, families and friends members tried to come to terms with the shock and disbelief that the mishap has brought to them.
To Everest Panorama Resort in Daman in Makawanpur district, a bunch of 15 tourists had checked on their way back to Kerala on Monday . According to the resort manager, though they’d booked a total of four chambers, eight of them, including four children and two couples, stayed in 1 room. Once they checked in their roomthey turned to keep themselves warm, the manager said, adding that all the windows and the doorway were discharged from inside. Police suspect that they might have passed out because of insufficient ventilation.
Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan too said Embassy officials in Kathmandu were to bring the bodies back to India as soon as possible. “We’re in regular touch with the Indian embassy in Kathmandu”, ” he explained.
In a tweet, the chief minister’s office said the department of Non-Resident Keralites Affairs (NORKA) has taken measures to expedite the repatriation of the vacationers’ mortal remains.
The post “Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has condoled the passing away of eight Malayali tourists in Nepal. appeared first on Seolag.
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