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A woman died and a man was injured after riots led to a fire at Hotel Hyatt Regency in Kathmandu during their Pashupatinath Temple visit. The family blames poor embassy support.
An aerial view shows firefighters dousing the torched Singha Durbar, the main administrative building for the Nepal government, a day after it was set ablaze by protesters in Kathmandu on September 10. (Image: by PRABIN RANABHAT/AFP)
A visit to Nepal’s Pashupatinath temple turned tragic for a Ghaziabad couple when riots erupted in Kathmandu. A 55-year-old woman lost her life in a hotel fire while her husband sustained serious injuries.
Rajesh Gola had gone with her husband, Ramveer Singh Gola, to visit Kathmandu’s Pashupatinath Temple on September 7. But the violent incidents there turned their pilgrimage into a horrific tragedy.
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The couple was staying at the Hotel Hyatt Regency in Kathmandu. On the night of September 9, protestors suddenly surrounded the hotel and set it on fire. As the flames spread, panic broke out inside. Firefighters and officials tried to evacuate people, but the situation spiralled out of control. In the chaos, the couple jumped from the fourth floor to save themselves and were both seriously injured.
Meanwhile, the mob’s anger grew even more intense. Amid the chaos, Ramveer and Rajesh got separated. When Ramveer reached a relief camp, he received the devastating news that his wife Rajesh had died.
Rajesh’s son, Vishal Gola, tearfully said his parents had gone to Nepal to visit the temple and never imagined such a tragedy.
“This trip became my mother’s last journey. The crowd didn’t even spare such a big hotel. If my parents had stayed together, maybe my mother would still be alive. She was badly injured when she jumped from the fourth floor, but the biggest blow was being left alone. The army didn’t take them together — they took my mother first, then my father, and in that shock, she passed away,” he said.
The family claims they received little help from the Indian Embassy in Nepal. “When the embassy itself wasn’t safe, they refused to help us,” they said. Somehow, the family is bringing Rajesh’s body back to Ghaziabad tonight.
September 11, 2025, 22:13 IST
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