Nepal on Friday confirmed the death of its seven citizens in the tragic train accident that occured in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon on Wednesday. The accident claimed at least 13 people lives while 15 others were injured after some passengers of the Pushpak Express, which was bound for Mumbai from Lucknow, jumped off the train following an alarm chain-pulling incident. The tragedy unfolded as passengers onboard the 12533 Lucknow-Mumbai Pushpak Express, fearing a blaze, hastily jumped onto the adjacent tracks and were run over by the oncoming Karnataka Express, which was heading from Bengaluru to Delhi.
On Thursday, Nepal’s Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba expressed sorrow over the tragic train accident in Jalgaon. Speaking to news agency PTI, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Krishna Prasad Dhakal said, “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is coordinating with the concerned agencies in India, including the Nepalese embassy and the local authorities, for facilitating treatment of those injured in the accident and sending the bodies of deceased to Nepal.”
