Hetauda, Jan 21 :Eight Indian tourists who were believed to have died from suffocation at Panorama Resort based in Daman of Thaha municipality-4 in Makwanpur earlier today have been identified.
They might have died from asphyxia as they went to beds keeping the electric heater turn-on, the District Police Office, Makwanpur.
Among the deceased, four are minors. The dead have been identified as Ranjit Kap, 38; Indra Kap, 34: Praveen, 37: Sariyam 32: Abhi, 5 : Archana, 7: Baishnab, 5 and Bandra, 9 from Kerala, according to Police Inspector Lalan Prasad Kurmi.
The Area Police Office, Palung said the tourists had come to the resort on Monday evening from Pokhara. Details of the incident are awaited.
They had booked a single room (101) for all. Though rescued in unconscious state and being taken to the Kathmandu-based Hams Hospital on a helicopter, efforts to save them became impossible.
As the Palung Area Police Office said, the group arrived here Monday evening following their Pokhara visit. Further details are awaited.
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