Nepal air crash: Head of Indian village from where 4 dead youth hailed, seeks financial aid for bereaved families

• Shubham
• 16 January, 2023

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By: Shubham Ghosh

The death of four Indian men who were on board the ill-fated Yeti Airlines aircraft that crashed in Pokhara in Nepal on Sunday (15) has left their village in Ghazipur district of the northern state of Uttar Pradesh bordering the Himalayan nation in deep mourning.

The village head of Alawalpur in the district, from which the most of the deceased youth hailed, appealed for financial aid for the bereaved families saying their “economic condition was not good”.

Uttar Pradesh | Alawalpur village in Ghazipur mourns, as they receive the news of the Nepal aircraft crash.

Four youths of the district, Vishal Sharma, Sonu Jaiswal, Anil Rajbhar and Abhishek Kushwaha were onboard the aircraft when the incident took place. pic.twitter.com/MMyefn6JYL

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“It is a heart-rending incident. All the youth were very good-natured. Entire village is mourning. Bereaved families should get compensation, as their economic condition is not good,” he was quoted by news agency ANI.

The four deceased were identified as Sonu Jaiswal (35), Anil Kumar Rajbhar (27), and Abhishek Kushwaha (25) were from Alawalpur while Vishal Sharma (22) was from neighbouring Dharawa village.

The fifth victim was identified as Sanjay Jaiswal.

One of the victims had gone to Nepal’s Pashupatinath Temple to offer prayer after son’s birth

Sonu, who reportedly was doing a Facebook Live video minutes before the plan crashed, had gone to Nepal to pray at the famous Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu after the birth of his son.

“Sonu, along with his three friends, had gone to Nepal on January 10. His main purpose was to pay obeisance… as his wish to have a son – now six months old – has been fulfilled. But fate had something else in store for him,” Vijay Jaiswal, his relative, told PTI.

The four had left for Nepal on Friday (13), the Ghazipur district administration said. One of Sonu’s friends said he had planned the trip to Nepal last month but postponed it due to personal work.

The four went to Mau by car and reached Kathmandu by bus.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said officials were asked to coordinate with the Indian ministry of external affairs to make arrangements to bring the mortal remains of those who were from Uttar Pradesh back to the state.