‘Not even sparing vacationers’: Indian woman in Nepal cries for assist; claims her entire hotel torched – video | India News

NEW DELHI: An Indian vacationer, stranded in Pokhara, has appealed the embassy for assist because the Gen Z protests in Nepal turned lethal, with the mob setting hearth to public infrastructure on Tuesday, finally resulting in the resignation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.In a video shared by Prafful Garg, vacationer named Upastha Gill claimed that the mob was not even sparing vacationers, as she went on to share her ordeal of shedding all her belongings because the “entire hotel” was burned down. “My name is Upastha Gill, and I am sending this video to Praful Garg. I request the Indian embassy to please help us. All those who can help us, please help. I am stranded here in Pokhara, Nepal. I had come here to host a volleyball league, and currently, the hotel where I was staying has been burned down. All my luggage, all my belongings, were in my room, and the entire hotel was set on fire. I was in the spa, and people were running behind me with very large sticks, and I barely managed to escape with my life,” the woman said in the video.“The situation here is very bad. Fires are being set on roads everywhere. They are not even sparing tourists here. They don’t care if someone is a tourist or if someone has come here for work. They are setting fires everywhere without thinking, and the situation has become very, very bad here. We don’t know how long we will stay in another hotel. But I just request the Indian embassy that please, this video, this message, should be delivered to them. With folded hands, I request all of you, please help us. There are many people with me here, and we are all stranded here,” she added. Meanwhile, the ministry of external affairs issued an advisory on Tuesday asking Indian citizens to postpone travel to Nepal till the situation there stabilises.“Indian residents presently in Nepal are suggested to shelter in their present locations of residence, keep away from going out onto the streets and train due warning. They are additionally suggested to comply with native security advisories from Nepal authorities in addition to the embassy of India in Kathmandu,” MEA mentioned.Moreover, safety has been amped up at India-Nepal border. Army personnel had been deployed throughout Kathmandu and different cities to implement restrictions and restore order.