Former Nepal Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal’s house in the Dallu area of Kathmandu was set on fire during the recent protests.
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Ravi Laxmi Chitrakar, the wife of former Nepal Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal, has been flown to India. She had sustained serious burn injuries during the ‘Gen Z’ protests on September 9.
Ravi Laxmi Chitrakar was at home when the house was set on fire during violent protests. Chitrakar has suffered 15 per cent burns during the incident. Her left hand was totally damaged and she developed chest infection as her lungs were affected by smoke, her family said, according to PTI.
She was undergoing treatment at Burn Hospital in Kirtipur. Now, on the recommendations of doctors, she has been taken to New Delhi for further treatment.
Khanal’s house in Dallu area of Kathmandu was set on fire during the protests. Khanal served as the prime minister of Nepal from February to August, 2011.
At least 72 people, including three policemen, were killed in the ‘Gen Z’ protest that led to the toppling of KP Sharma Oli’s government. Nepal’s interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki has described the September 9 vandalism in Nepal as “organised criminal acts” and said that those involved in violence would be brought to justice.
Karki has also formed a three-member probe committee headed by a former Supreme Court judge to investigate the ‘Gen Z’ protests. Former justice Gauri Bahadur Karki, former additional inspector general of police Bigyan Ran Sharma and legal expert Bishweshwor Prasad Bhandari are members of the probe commission.
The probe commission has the mandate to submit its report to the government within three months.
