Jalgaon , August 24 : The Indian Air Force's C-130 J aircraft carrying the mortal remains of 25 Indian pilgrims killed in a road accident in Nepal landed at Jalgaon Airport in Maharashtra on Saturday.
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 mortal remains were transported from Bharatpur (Nepal) to Jalgaon (Maharashtra). The #IAF extends its deepest condolences to the bereaved families and wishes a swift recovery to those injured," it added.
Earlier in the day, an Indian Air Force aircraft airlifted 25 bodies of Indian pilgrims killed in a road accident in western Nepal on Saturday evening. The military aircraft flew into Bharatpur city in Chitwan district, near the Tanahun district, where an India-registered bus had crashed on Friday.
A total of 27 people were killed in the bus accident, which had veered off the road into the river basin. Earlier, Indradev Yadav, Chief District Officer of Chitwan, said . Two bodies of the 27 killed in the accident were sent to their hometown,Gorakhpur, by road.
At least 27 Indian nationals were killed and 16 others injured when a bus with an Indian registration number plunged into Marsyangdi River at Anbukhaireni Rural Municipality in Tanahun district on Friday. The bus was en route to Kathmandu from Pokhara when it skidded off the road at Ainapahara in ward 2 of the rural municipality and fell about 150 metres into the river at around 11:30 am (local time) on Friday. While 26 people died at the crash site, one more succumbed to injuries at Old Medical College in Chitwan, according to Deputy Superintendent of Police Santosh Paudel of the District Traffic Police Office, Tanahun. (ANI)
