DHUNCHHE: A total of six human remains were found in Langtang area of Rasuwa district, supposedly the remaining of those buried in the avalanche following the devastating April 25 earthquake.

The skeletons were sent to the Tribhuwan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu on a Nepali Army helicopter on Wednesday morning for DNA tests, according to Shivaram Gelal, Chief District Officer of Rasuwa.

Earlier on October 12, a search team had spotted 21 skeletons in the same area.

Hundreds of tourists, including 175 locals, were believed to be buried in the avalanche that swept across a village when the Langtang Lirung (6,500 m) snow mass burst.