Former Nepal PM Surya Bahadur Thapa dies at 87

Former Nepalese prime minister Surya Bahadur Thapa died at Medanta – The Medicity hospital here on Thursday, a doctor said. He was 87. The five-time Prime Minister was suffering from cancer and was admitted to Medanta in Sector-38 on March 29.

“His stomach, liver, pancreas, oesophagus and intestines were affected,” a doctor told IANS. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed grief on the death of former Nepalese Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa.

“The prime minister has expressed grief on the passing away of former Prime Minister of Nepal, Shri Surya Bahadur Thapa, and extended condolences to Shri Thapa’s family,” an official statement said. (IANS)