Bipin Joshi's body to arrive in Kathmandu at 2:30 PM, PM Karki to reach airport to pay homage

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, Oct.20: Prime Minister Sushila Karki is scheduled to visit Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA)  to pay tribute to Bipin Joshi.

The mortal remains of Bipin Joshi, a Nepali student who died in Israel, is arriving in Kathmandu at 2:30 PM on Monday. His body will arrive at the TIA airport via Fly Dubai.

The Prime Minister is scheduled to visit TIA  Airport to pay homage. 

Earlier on Sunday afternoon, officials from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs paid their last respects to the late Bipin at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel and sent his body to Nepal.

During that time, the Nepali community in Israel, including the kibbutz community that sheltered Bipin, paid tribute to him.

It is reported that after paying homage at the airport, Bipin’s body will be handed over to his family for burial.

After a two-year ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, Hamas handed over to Israel the bodies of some of those killed while in captivity. The survivors who had been held hostage by Hamas were released as well. 

In the same process, Joshi's body is among the four bodies handed over in the first phase to the Israeli government by the militant group Hamas.