A group of eleven US citizens of Indian origin has been reported missing following severe flooding in Nepal, sparking an urgent appeal from families for international assistance. The group, which was undertaking a pilgrimage to Kailash Mansarovar, was last accounted for at the
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Concerns Mount as Families Seek Diplomatic Intervention
The missing individuals include several professionals, among them Infosys executives Lakshminath Gopishetty and Srinivas Sudhir. Other members of the party have been identified as Mahendra Gupta, Keshav Rao, Venkat, Venkat Bala Subramanyam, Vivek Srivastava, Sudhindra, and Kirti Acharya, alongside a Nepali mountaineer named Chet Bhatta. Relatives have expressed deep concern, noting that the group had maintained regular contact until the onset of the extreme weather conditions.
Vipin Gupta, a relative of the group leader, stated that he last spoke with Anil Goyal on August 25. During that conversation, Goyal had expressed enthusiasm for the journey and had scheduled a video call for August 27 to coincide with the full moon. When that call failed to materialize, family members began attempting to track the group’s status. While phone location data reportedly placed the group at the Ruswa Garhi centre, there has been no further movement or contact reported since.
In response to the disappearance, families of the missing individuals have initiated a formal appeal for government assistance. Ajay Gupta, another relative, confirmed that families representing 65
