84 stranded Bhutanese students sent back home from Sikkim

A special flight arranged by Bhutanese Government carrying Bhutanese students (PTI File Photo)

The Sikkim government on Saturday sent back 84 students of Bhutan, who were stranded in the state by the lockdown, to their country, officials said.

The Bhutanese students were transported back home by four buses of the Sikkim Nationalised Transport, they said.

The health department conducted medical check-up of each student before they boarded home-bound buses at Rangpo, officials added.

They were students of schools and higher education institutes.