Seven Nepali pilgrims from Banke district died in a bus accident in Patna, Bihar state of India, on Tuesday night.

Dal Bahadur Bali of Sitapur in Banke, informed that 7 Nepali pilgrims including his 60-year-old father Bhadra Bahadur Oli died in the accident. According to the kin of the deceased, the post mortem of the dead was being carried and the bodies would be brought to Banke after the post mortem.

The pilgrims were on a 22-day journey. Few others have sustained injuries.