Nepal member of Parliament Chandra Bhandari and his mother Harikala Bhandari sustained critical burn injuries in an LPG cooking gas cylinder explosion in their house. Bhandari’s mother, Harikala Bhandari succumbed to her injuries on Thursday at Nepal’s Kirtipur Burns Hospital where she and the MP were undergoing treatment. The two are currently hospitalised in critical condition and will be airlifted to Mumbai for further treatment according to a statement by Kirtipur Hospital.