Gorakhpur: The body of Sudeep Neupane, the 27-year-old student from Nepal, killed in Tuesday’s terror attack at Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir was handed over to his family at Sonauli along the Indo-Nepal border on Thursday.
Sudeep, an aspiring social worker, was touring Jammu and Kashmir with his mother Rima Kala, sister Sushma and brother-in-law Yuvraj Kapla, when the attack took place. The terrorists killed the youth and injured his mother after ascertaining that their religious identity. Rima is undergoing treatment at a hospital in Kashmir and is being looked after by her daughter and son-in-law.
Sudeep’s body, meanwhile, was flown to Gorakhpur from Delhi by a special flight on Thursday morning and then taken in an ambulance to Sonauli in the Maharajganj district. At the border, the coffin was handed over to Sudeep’s family members in the presence of officials of the Nepal government.
Security has been tightened along the Indo-Nepal border after Tuesday’s incident at Pahalgam. The Sashastra Seema Bal has increased patrolling and is closely monitoring all movement across the border.
Sudeep was a resident of Butwal-11 in Kalikanagar, Rupandehi, Nepal.
Nepal foreign affairs minister Arzu Rana Deuba said, “I am deeply saddened by the news of his death in the terrorist attack that took place in Pahalgam, Kashmir yesterday. I pay my heartfelt tributes to him and express my deepest condolences to his family. I also wish a speedy recovery to his mother, who was injured in the terrorist attack,” he said.
Deuba also condemned the Pahalgam terror attack, saying, “Condemning such a cruel and inhuman act is not enough. The Government of Nepal condemns this incident and stands with the Government of India and the people of India in this hour of grief. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in touch for further information about the incident.”
Meanwhile, another victim of the Pahalgam attack, 32-year-old Renu Pandey from Rupandehi, is currently receiving treatment at a military hospital in Anantnag. Her condition is being closely monitored by medical teams.
