Prem Prasad Acharya, who was undergoing treatment at Kirtipur Burn Hospital after attempting to self-immolate in front of federal parliament building in New Baneshwor on Tuesday, has passed away.
Dr Kiran Nakarmi, head of the department of burns, Kirtipur Hospital, who was attending to his treatment, told Nepalkhabar, "Acharya succumbed to his burn injuries in course of treatment."
Thirty-six years old Acharya of Suryodaya municipality-11, Ilam sustained critical burn injuries when he set a fire to himself after dousing himself in petrol. Eighty percent of his body was burnt. Security personnel extinguished his body fire and immediately rushed him to Kirtipur Burn Hospital.
State Minister Dr. Toshima Karki visited the hospital to take stock of Acharya's health condition yesterday evening.
