India, Sept. 12 -- A couple, in their late 50s, from Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, were in Kathmandu for a pilgrimage to the Pashupatinath Temple when violent anti-corruption protests rocked Nepal and forced Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to resign. The couple was concerned but thought their stay at a five-star hotel would keep them out of harm's way. But that was not to be.

On the midnight of September 9, the hotel was set afire. The woman fell as her grip loosened while she was being evacuated using curtains. She fell on mattresses laid by rescuers on the ground floor and suffered injuries.

The couple soon got separated as the army arrived. "She probably suffered a shock. Thereafter, she succumbed to injuries," the couple's son, Vishal Gol...