Police have handed over a French national found stranded at Pashupatinath temple premises to the Department of Immigration. 

After a video showing the French national stranded at Pashupatinath was made public, a police team traced him and handed him over to the DoI, spokesperson at the Kathmandu Police, Pawan Kumar Bhattarai said. 

 “After the video showing the French citizen in a helpless condition was made public, it came to know during our inquiry that none of his belongings were stolen or looted, so we handed him over to the Department,” he added. 

Similarly, the police indicated that the French citizen had been living in Nepal for the past six years with his Nepali spouse, and they had left their passports, mobile phone, laptop, and other belongings at the hotel they were staying due to financial reasons.