Nepal plane crash: Estranged Indian couple’s reunion trip ends in tragedy

For Ashok Kumar Tripathi and his estranged wife Vaibhavi, their reunion trip to Nepal with their children met a tragic end as their plane crashed in the neighbouring country.

For Ashok Kumar Tripathi and his Thane-based estranged wife Vaibhavi, their reunion for a trip to Nepal with their children met a tragic end as their plane crashed in the neighbouring country.

Ashok Tripathi (54), who ran a company in Odisha, and Vaibhavi Bandekar Tripathi (51), who worked in a firm at BKC in neighbouring Mumbai, had separated following court orders, an official from Kapurbawdi police station in Thane said on Monday.

Vaibhavi, her son Dhanush (22) and daughter Ritika (15) lived in the Rustomjee Athena apartment in Balkum area of Thane city.

Vaibhavi's 80-year-old mother is the only person left at the family's home here, the official said.

Since she is in frail health and currently on oxygen support, their relatives and neighbours have not told her anything about the plane tragedy.

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The aged woman's younger daughter is currently taking care of her, the police said.