A religious trip to Nepal turned tragic for a Ghaziabad family after violent protests in Kathmandu led to a luxury hotel fire that claimed the life of a 55-year-old Indian woman.
Ramveer Singh Gola (58) and his wife Rajesh Devi had travelled to Kathmandu on September 7 to visit the sacred Pashupatinath temple. On September 9, rioters set fire to their five-star hotel as violent protests swept through the capital.
Eyewitness accounts reveal a dramatic escape attempt.
Rescue teams had placed mattresses below the building to help guests jump to safety. Ramveer survived with minor injuries, but Devi was critically injured and admitted to a Kathmandu hospital. She died late on September 10. Devi’s body was brought to Ghaziabad via the Sonauli border in Uttar Pradesh’s Maharajganj district on Thursday. Her last rites will be performed on Friday. The fire occurred during Gen Z-led protests that began on September 8. Demonstrators demanded transparency in governance and the lifting of Nepal’s social media ban. The protests escalated into violent clashes as rioters attempted to storm parliament and torched several government and private establishments.