THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan expressed his heartfelt condolences to the eight Keralites who died in a hotel room in Nepal. The chief minister in a Facebook post said that he hope the bodies would reach the state after post-mortem tomorrow. He said that he has directed NORKA to make arrangements to bring the bodies to the state at the earliest.

Eight tourists from Kerala were found dead in a hotel room in Nepal Tuesday morning.They were found dead in a resort room in Daman. The tourists were staying in Everest Panorama Resort in Daman. Their deaths were confirmed after taking them to a hospital by helicopter. Two couples and four children were among the dead.

The tourists used gas heater to brave the cold. It is believed that they may have died due to suffocation. Unconfirmed reports say Praveen Kumar Nair (39), an engineer working abroad, his wife Saranya (34), pursuing BfArM in Amrita Institute, their children Sreebhadra (9) Abhinav Surya, (7) aged and Abhinav Nair (6). Praveen’s friend Renjith Kumar T B (39) his wife Indu Renjith (34) and their son Vaishnav Renjith (2) are those dead. Praveen was the son of Krishnankutty Nair and Prasanna. Rohini is his sister.

The dead are natives of Chenkottukonam in the capital city and Kundamangalam from Kozhikode. The bodies are kept at the HAMS Hospital in Kathmandu.