Six members of two families of Nepalgunj, Nepal were killed in a road accident at Shravasti district of India on Saturday.
The deceased have been identified as Baibhav Gupta (35) of Sadarline, Nepalgunj, his wife Dipika Gupta (32), their three-year-old son Dallu Gupta and six-month-old daughter Shreya Gupta, Nilans Gupta (22) of Tribhuvan Chowk of Nepalgunj and his sister Sunita Gupta (20).
The accident took place when a car bearing Indian registration number plate UP 47 W 1217 en route to Nepalgunj from Balrampur of India hit a cow at Shravasti district, said SP Santosh Singh Rathore of the District Police Office, Banke.
Critically injured in the incident, car driver Ajay Mishra is receiving treatment at a hospital.
SP Rathore said that preparations are underway to complete the necessary process to bring the bodies to Nepal after carrying out postmortem in Bahraich of India.
