Bhandari taken to India for further treatment

KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress leader Chandra Bhandari has been taken to India for further treatment.

He has been taken to the Mumbai-based National Skin Burn Centre on a Shree Airlines air ambulance for further treatment, said NC central committee member, Ajay Babu Siwakoti.

The hospital recommended that Bhandari be taken outside the country for further treatment

Lawmaker Bhandari was injured on Wednesday when a cooking gas cylinder exploded in his house, after which he was immediately rushed to Kirtipur-based Kirtipur Burn Hospital for treatment.

Bhandari and his mother, Harikala Bhandari, were injured in the incident that took place at their residence in Buddhanagar. However, his mother succumbed to burn injuries this morning.