UP man aboard crashed plane had gone to pay obeisance to Lord Pashupatinath in Nepal after birth of son

Thirty-five-year-old Sonu Jaiswal, a liquor store owner who was among the five Indians feared killed in a plane crash in Nepal on Sunday, had gone to pay obeisance at the famed Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu after his wish for a son was fulfilled around six months ago, his relative said.

As the news of the plane crash reached Chak Jainab village in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur district, shocked residents gathered at his house.

Jaiswal has two daughters and he took a vow to visit the Pashupatinath Temple if he had a son, his relative and Chak Jainab village head Vijay Jaiswal told PTI.