Last rites of Nepali students performed

January 12, 2006
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The last rites and funeral services of four Nepalese killed in a road accident in Texas, United States on January 6 was performed on Monday.

Four Nepali, Amrit Dhital, 21, Subash Gurung, 20, Pukar Acharya, 21, and Pralad Gurung, 21 were killed, when a car, which was trying to pass another vehicle, hit the car they were in.

A press release issued by Nepalese Association of Houston said, “Family members of Pukar Acharya and Subash Gurung and family friends of Pralad Gurung, as well as their friends and Nepali brothers and sisters and distinguished guests from Houston, Dallas, Tyler, New York, California, Connecticut, and Alabama participated in the last rites.”

“The Royal Nepalese Ambassador in the US, Royal Nepalese Embassy, and Association of Nepalis in Americas (ANA) join us in offering deep, heartfelt sympathies and condolences to the family and friends of the deceased in the US and Nepal, at this very trying and difficult time,” the statement added.