Some of them were too dazed to even speak.

'I have lost everything,' said Sanjeev's father, 45-year-old Bhola Gupta. 'I am a disabled man and can't do anything on my own. My wife was running a pavement business and supporting our family. Now with both my wife and son gone, what will happen to me?'

Geeta Gupta, 26, wife of Madan Gupta, slumped in the police station, weeping softly.

'I have three young children,' she whimpered. 'The youngest is just three months old. What is going to happen to us?'

Neighbours said Sita is already pregnant with their fourth child.

'We want compensation for the families and justice,' cried dozens of protesters who paraded near the hospital with batons, clashing with police. 'Hang the killer driver,' they cried.

The driver who fled the scene without stopping to help the victims, is absconding.

Police said he had three to four friends in the car during the mishap.

All of them have gone into hiding.

Dangol's father and elder brother were questioned by police and reportedly said they would help with the investigations and pay compensation to the victims' families.

Blood stained the pavement in front of the hospital while belongings and shoes lay scattered.

Nepal has one of the highest street accident rates with police reporting three deaths on an average daily.

Rash and drunken driving, bad roads and dilapidated vehicles contribute to the mishaps.

However, the tragedy brought Indians and Nepalis together.

'We did not think these were Indians and these were Nepalis,' said Gopal Shrestha, one of the protesters who also accompanied the relatives to the police station.

'They have been living here for so long, they have become part of the neighbourhood. It is a shock to the entire country.'