Nepal MP Chandra Bhandari's mother succumbs to burns

Chandra Bhandari with his mother. Credit: Facebook/chandra.bhandari.737

The mother of Nepal MP Chandra Bhandari succumbed to burns while undergoing treatment at Kirtipur Burns Hospital on Thursday.

Harikala Bhandari suffered 80 per cent burns in a LPG gas leakage-induced blast on Wednesday night.

The Nepal MP also sustained 25 per cent burns in the incident.

The minister is being airlifted to a hospital in Mumbai for treatment, according to ANI.