Overview
- The Armed Police Force identified the deceased as 52-year-old Jignesh Kumar Lallubhai Patel and his 17-year-old daughter, Priyansa Kumari Patel.
- The pair left the Gyalzen Hotel in Ngisyang on October 20 to visit Maleripa Monastery and were reported missing after failing to return.
- A trained APF mountain rescue team led by DSP Hira Bahadur GC found the bodies about 100 meters above the monastery, buried under snow.
- The remains were handed to local police for documentation, and the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu was notified to facilitate repatriation.
- Severe October snowstorms disrupted trekking and complicated the search effort, and relatives have raised concerns about tourist safety and emergency response in Nepal’s high-altitude areas.