Last rites of four Indians killed in Nepal plane crash held at Pashupatinath temple
The Hindu
The Nepal government has formed a five-member commission of inquiry to find out the cause of the Tara Air plane crash
The bodies of four Indians, who were among 22 people killed in the Tara Air plane crash in Nepal's mountainous Mustang district, were cremated on Thursday at the Pashupatinath temple here.
The Canadian-built turboprop Twin Otter 9N-AET plane was carrying four Indians, two Germans, and 13 Nepali passengers, besides a three-member Nepali crew when it crashed minutes after taking off from the tourist city of Pokhara on May 29, 2022.
Businessman Ashok Kumar Tripathi (54) and his Thane-based wife Vaibhavi Bandekar Tripathi (51) were on a trip to the Himalayan country along with their son Dhanush (22) and daughter Ritika (15) when the tragedy struck.
Tripathi's relatives were present when the last rites of the four members of the family were performed. The bodies were cremated at the electric crematorium near the temple.
Earlier in the morning, the bodies were handed over to the family after post-mortem at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital here.
Rescuers on Monday recovered 21 bodies from the wreckage site of the plane belonging to Tara Air. On Tuesday, the last body was also retrieved from the wreckage site.
The Nepal government has formed a five-member commission of inquiry headed by senior aeronautical engineer Ratish Chandra Lal Suman to find out the cause of the Tara Air plane crash.
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