According to SSP Dilip Ghimire, chief of the Kathmandu Police Range, Nepali had parked his motorcycle in front of the department, and the Metropolitan Police had placed a wheel lock on his bike. Protesting the wheel lock on his bike, he took petrol from the motorcycle and set himself on fire.
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A young man was seriously injured after dousing himself with petrol and setting himself on fire in front of the entrance gate of the Department of Passports in Tripureshwar.
According to police, at around 1:45 p.m. on Thursday, Ganesh Nepali, 25, a resident of Mugu Soru Rural Municipality–1 currently living in Bhaktapur, set himself on fire using petrol taken from his motorcycle in front of Gate No. 3 of the Department of Passports in Kathmandu Metropolitan City–11, Tripureshwar.
According to SSP Dilip Ghimire, chief of Kathmandu Police Range, Nepali had parked his motorcycle in front of the department, and the Metropolitan Police had placed a wheel lock on his bike. Upset that a wheel lock had been put on his motorcycle, he took petrol from the bike and set himself on fire.
After he set himself on fire and was injured, police immediately rescued him and took him to Bir Hospital. Police stated that he is undergoing treatment at the hospital.
According to police, although he is able to speak, various parts of his body have been burned and his condition is serious.
