Umesh could not sit still after seeing many young people, including his friends, being shot during the Bhadra 23 protest called by the New Baneshwor-centered Gen-G.

According to Didi Sumitra, Umesh worked hard to take the youth who had been shot in Baneshwor to the hospital the previous day and returned home only late at night.

On the same day, he told Didi, "How many friends were shot in the chest and head by the police in Baneshwor, many of whom were injured, and I carried some of them to the hospital myself." After a large number of youth were shot and injured, the mob angry with the government vandalized and set fire to government and private property the next day.

In the same connection, the agitated mob tried to set fire to a cow farm in Gaushala, and while he was shouting to stop it, Umesh was shot in the right chest. He collapsed there. His friends picked him up and took him to the Frontline Hospital in Baneshwor. Umesh died before he could be taken to the operating room for surgery.

The family was informed about the shooting of Umesh by Umesh's close friend Subash Khatri at around 2:30 pm. Subash's father Suvarna had provided Umesh with a job playing snooker until he went abroad. Umesh used to get a monthly salary of Rs 10,000 for that.

The family is in disarray after Umesh Mahat of Chautara Sangachokgadhi-8, Sindhupalchowk, died of a gunshot wound near Gaushala Chowk on Bhadra 24.

Due to the poor financial condition of the family, Umesh's father came to Kathmandu from Sindhupalchowk 19 years ago and used to sell vegetables and greens in Chabahil. With the money he earned from selling those vegetables, the Mahat couple used to support the family and educate their children.

Umesh was born on Asoj 11, 2062, after one son and one daughter of Shyam Bahadur Mahat and Kalimaya Mahat. At a young age, Umesh had to undergo long-term treatment for kidney problems including stones.

Umesh completed his schooling at a school in Kapan and higher secondary school from Lumbini College in Chuchepati. After long treatment and recovery, he was preparing to go to the Gulf countries for foreign employment. According to Didi Sumitra, the day Umesh was shot, the news came that he had been granted a visa to go for foreign employment.

'My parents worked hard in the morning and evening to educate, raise and work us,' says Sumitra, 'He was a playful and cheerful person. He was a football fan in sports and a connoisseur of coffee and food. He kept asking me for money for that.' A few years ago, he even broke his hand while playing football.

According to his older brother Subash Khatri, who was a good neighbor, Umesh used to talk to everyone among his friends, get along quickly, not offend anyone, and never hurt anyone. Remembering Umesh, Subash says, 'He had the love and goodwill of everyone among his friends. He was middle-class in his studies, very successful and practical.'

A large number of youth were killed on Bhadra 23 during the protest centered in New Baneshwor demanding an end to corruption, promotion of good governance, generational transfer of youth in politics, and the operation of social media platforms including deactivated Facebook. Many were injured.

In the violent incidents including arson and vandalism that took place across the country during the Gen-G movement, 76 people were killed and more than 84 billion rupees of government and private property was destroyed. During that movement, important physical structures of the country including the administrative building Singha Durbar, the Supreme Court and the Federal Parliament building were severely damaged.

Recalling the day she lost her youngest son Umesh on Bhadra 24, mother Kalimaya Mahat says, 'I left for work at around 10 am, he was sleeping. After a while, I got up and played snooker with those who came to learn. When I talked about going to the movement, Khatri Dai told me not to go. I only came to know that he had gone to the movement after hearing the news that he had been shot.'

Umesh's mother says that since the younger son was well-educated and intelligent, his neighbor Subas' son had been giving him a job playing snooker and giving him 10,000 per month. After the death of his son Umesh, the Mahat family returned to their old home town of Sindhupalchowk and has been living in a small building built with earthquake grants.

Despite having an old home, they have had to struggle to make a living by creating a new one. They have to earn a living by earning daily wages and running their house. According to Nepali tradition, they have returned to their old home after losing a family member for a year and cannot leave.

They have already received the 1.5 million rupees provided by the state after being declared martyrs. It has been 100 days since the current government was formed on the strength of the Gen-G generation movement.

Meanwhile, a 10-point agreement has been reached between Gen-G and the government in the process of addressing the demands raised during the movement. It mentions that the government will hold elections on time, take concrete steps for fiscal discipline and good governance, and institutionalize historical changes.

The mother of good governance martyr Umesh says, crying, 'My heart is worried after the death of my youngest son, my body is in pain, the government should do what it knows is good for the people and the country, I can't tell anyone or do anything.'