CHITWAN, June 6 -- On June 6, 2005, Til Bahadur Chepang was travelling to Bharatpur with his father Sun Bahadur, younger sister Mina and her husband, Rabindra Chaudhary. Twenty-five-year-old Chepang, from Bahraghare in Madi, was on his way to acquire a citizenship certificate so that he could to go abroad for employment.

As the Bharatpur-bound bus, with about 120 passengers on board, crossed the Badarmude river, a bomb placed under the bridge was detonated, causing the bridge to collapse and the bus to be torn apart. Thirty-eight people, along with Sun Bahadur, Mina and Rabindra Chaudhary, died. Chepang, who was sitting on the roof of the bus for lack of space, sustained injuries to his abdomen. Seventy-two others were injured, with most...