Prem Prasad Acharya, a businessman from the Illam District, set himself on fire as the cavalcade of the nation’s newly elected Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal was leaving the parliament on Tuesday in the late afternoon.
Doctors from the hospital where he was receiving treatment announced on Wednesday that a 37-year-old man who had set himself on fire in front of Nepal’s Parliament the day before had passed away from his burn wounds.
He died from burn wounds that he had sustained. He had burns covering 80% of his body The hospital’s Dr. Kiran Nakarmi confirmed it over the phone to ANI.
In Nepal, a video that has been making the rounds on social media shows onlookers attempting to put out the fire after the man lit himself on fire. The man was taken urgently to the Skin Burn Hospital in Kirtipur after the fire was extinguished.
Prem Prasad Acharya used his social media platforms to post about the long-term financial and emotional collapse he was experiencing. He wrote a lengthy message that was extensively circulated on social media, in which he discussed his desire to end his life.
The entrepreneur claimed that his circumstances were constantly adverse, which led him to adopt such drastic measures. He added that he had previously tried numerous times but been unsuccessful. The administration hasn’t reacted to the occurrence.
The government has not released any information regarding the occurrence.
The Prime Minister’s silence over the incident, which took place in front of him, was questioned by a number of individuals on social media.