The accident occurred near Darai Lake in Khaireni (Representational)
Kathmandu:
Six Indian tourists, mostly elderly, were injured when the jeep they were traveling in overturned near a lake in Nepal’s Chitwan district on Sunday, officials said.
The accident occurred near Darai Lake in Khaireni. The tourists were heading to Chitwan National Park for a jungle safari, said Kedarnath Panta, chairman of ward number 12, Khaireni municipality.
Chitwan National Park, 250 km south of Kathmandu, is famous for its one-horned rhinos and Bengal tigers.
All those who sustained injuries hail from Mumbai’s Bendali Thana area and most of them are above 60 years of age, police said. They are identified as Ramchandra Yadav, Sudesh Shanker Khadia, Pankaj Gupteshwor, Vaishali Gupteshwor, Sushmita Sudesh Khadia and Vijaya More.
The injured are being treated at hospitals in Bharatpur and Ratnanagar, police said, adding that they have taken the driver of the jeep, a Nepali, into their custody.
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