India, Sept. 11 -- Dramatic visuals from unrest-hit Nepal showed government ministers and their families clinging to the sling of an army helicopter as they were evacuated from violent mobs.

Army helicopters were deployed to airlift officials to safety, with one video being circulated widely on social media capturing a rescue basket carrying ministers over a Kathmandu hotel as smoke billowed in the background. People screamed at the chopper as it kept flying away.

Since the violent protests hit the streets of Nepal, several distressing videos have emerged online. In one video, finance minister Bishnu Paudel was seen being chased through a street and kicked by protesters.

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