TIKAPUR, Jan 9: At least three* Nepali nationals were killed when a bus coming from Gujarat to Tikapur met with an accident near Lucknow, India.

According to a local Bhupendra Saud, Chandra Bahadur Saud of Byawasya Chhetra in Tikapur municipality-1 died in the accident. According to him, other members of the deceased Saud's family were also traveling in the same bus.

The identity of other persons killed in the accident is yet to be identified. All of them are residents of Tikapur and surrounding areas. Many other people who were traveling in the bus were injured in the accident. They are being treated at a local health institutions.

The bus met with the accident as it reached 30 km away from Lucknow towards Nepal. It is said that the bus carrying the Nepali nationals was hit by another bus coming from the opposite direction. The number of people traveling on the ill-fated could not be revealed.

Bus services are being operated from Gujarat, Surat and other areas of India to Nepal so that only Nepali people can travel back and forth.

*Corrected

Dear Readers,

We apologize for the difference in the number of deaths according to the information given by Bhupendra Saud, a relative of the deceased Chandra Bahadur Saud, quoting eyewitnesses. Although our report initially said that at least 14 Nepali nationals were killed in the accident, it was later confirmed that only three Nepali nationals and one Indian national were killed in the accident. We apologize for the inconvencience caused due to this. 
 

 
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