KATHMANDU: An MI-17 chopper of Nepal Army has landed with seven dead bodies including that of Tourism Minister Rabindra Adhikari at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu. The chopper landed at 1:15 pm.

Defense Minister Ishwor Pokharel, Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa, Finance Minister Yuba Raj Khatiwa among other cabinet ministers have reached the airport to receive the bodies.

According to sources, the bodies will be taken to TU Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj for postmortem from TIA.