Raksha Nikhil Khadse, union minister of state for youth affairs and sports of India, on Saturday visited Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) in Kathmandu to inquire about the health condition of Indian citizens injured in a bus accident in Ainapahara of Anbukhaireni-4, Tanahun, on Friday.

She met all the 16 injured undergoing treatment at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Maharajganj and received updates.

“Met 16 Indian nationals who were injured in the road accident yesterday and currently undergoing treatment at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital along with Home Minister of Nepal Ramesh Lekhak,” she wrote on X after the hospital visit.

She thanked the minister and the Nepal government for the prompt and timely assistance provided for the search and rescue operations as also for the treatment of the injured.

Also she appreciated the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu for providing necessary assistance and coordination on the ground with Nepalese authorities.

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 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.

The injured were airlifted to Kathmandu on a Nepal Army helicopter. All the 16 injured are being treated at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj.