The body of Bipin Joshi of Kanchanpur, who lost his life while being held hostage by the Palestinian militant group Hamas, was brought to Kathmandu on Monday. However, there has been no independent confirmation of when, where and under what circumstances he died. The Nepali Army has taken the body to Mahendranagar for the final cremation on Monday. The family is preparing to hold his final cremation on Tuesday.

On October 7, 2023, Hamas took Bipin hostage from the Alumim Kibbutz in southern Israel, bordering the Gaza Strip. A month later, the Israeli military released a video of Bipin alive while being held by Hamas. 

Hamas handed over the body on October 10, 2023, as part of the implementation of the agreement between Israel and Hamas to release all hostages and Palestinian prisoners as part of the first phase of the Middle East peace plan proposed by the United States to end the war between Israel and Hamas. On Tuesday, the National Center of Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv confirmed that the body was that of Bipin through DNA testing.

A letter signed by Dr. Vinat Schwarz Milner, a doctor at the National Center of Forensic Medicine in Israel, provided to his family, states that Bipin died of a gunshot wound to the head. However, there has been no independent confirmation of when, where, and under what circumstances Bipin died. Israel and Hamas have accused each other. Hamas claims that Bipin was killed in an Israeli airstrike, while Israel claims that Hamas murdered him.

Hamas had taken 251 hostages. Of these, Israel had found the bodies of 33 hostages. Experts say that re-forensic examination of Bipin's body in Nepal is a matter of legal, diplomatic and scientific importance. Former DIG of Nepal Police Keshav Adhikari says that there is a practice where a forensic examination can be conducted in Nepal if the country or family is not satisfied with the forensic report issued by the country concerned. 'This is a matter of the family's request, and the government can also look into that request if necessary,' he says, 'The scene of the incident is outside the country. Israel itself has given the forensic report. On that basis, there is also a matter of providing compensation to the family. Israel has already said that it will provide compensation like its own citizens.'

According to the official, the full details of Bipin's death will depend on the forensic report provided by Israel. "Was he shot at close range or not? Was he hit by a bomb or not?" he says. The government has not made public whether Israel has provided a detailed forensic report. 

According to Gopal Chaudhary, head of the forensic department at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, it is possible to conduct a forensic examination of Bipin's body again in Nepal if the government and the family want. According to him, since Bipin's body has already been examined in Israel, the first thing to do when conducting a second autopsy is to reconfirm the facts mentioned there. "The condition of the body also has a meaning in the forensic examination process and results, it does not mean that an autopsy cannot be performed in Nepal," he said.