Ex-Nepal PM Khanal’s Wife Dies After Protesters Set Home Ablaze

Rabi Laxmi Chitrakar, woman of erstwhile Nepalese Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal has died aft protesters acceptable their residence ablaze successful Kathmandu.

The onslaught took spot connected Tuesday successful the Dallu country of the capital, wherever demonstrators allegedly trapped her wrong earlier igniting occurrence connected their residence.

Chitrakar was rushed to Kirtipur Burn Hospital successful captious information but succumbed to terrible injuries during treatment.

Her decease came amid escalating youth-led protests that person rocked Nepal for a 2nd consecutive day, contempt the authorities lifting a arguable prohibition connected societal media platforms.

Demonstrators were demanding the resignation of elder officials implicit corruption, nepotism, and economical stagnation.

At slightest 22 radical person been killed and much than 300 injured since the unrest erupted connected Monday.

Amnesty International accused the Nepalese constabulary of utilizing unrecorded ammunition against protesters.

Footage circulating online showed petrol bombs hurled astatine the homes of elder politicians, including erstwhile premier ministers K.P. Sharma Oli and
Sher Bahadur Deuba, arsenic good arsenic Maoist Centre person Pushpa Kamal Dahal.

Key authorities sites specified arsenic Singh Durbar, the cardinal administrative complex, and Sheetal Niwas, the statesmanlike residence, were besides targeted by demonstrators.

As unit escalated, 73-year-old Oli resigned done a missive addressed to the president connected Tuesday, calling it a measurement towards a “political solution and solution of the problems.”

Several ministers, including those of h2o supply, agriculture, and location affairs, person besides discontinue implicit the government’s handling of the crisis.