Kalu and Laxmi Saund, a couple from Madaigaun in Sharmali, in the western part of the district, have not slept for three months.

Deepak Saund, a 19-year-old son of a 12th grader who had planned to prepare for a foreign job while studying, died in a gunshot wound during the Genji movement on Bhadra 24. The Saund couple, who lost their son, whom they had trusted to support their family, spent many days hungry and nights sleepless since then.

The Saund couple complain that even though the government declared him a martyr and provided relief, no one came to their house to comfort him. Deepak, born on Magh 4, 2062, grew up in Madaigaun and completed his 12th grade education. He was learning Korean language while staying in a dormitory with his friends in Kirtipur, Kathmandu, and participated in the Genji movement on Bhadra 23. The next morning, after the demonstration intensified, he left his room with his friends and was shot in the head when he reached Kalimati, Kathmandu. The bullets killed him on the spot and his death was confirmed on Bhadra 27.

Deepak's father Kalu and mother Lakshmi Saund, who lost their 19-year-old son in the movement, have not yet wiped their eyes. Even after three months since hearing the news that their son, who said he would return only after doing something, was shot in the head, Lakshmi's tears have not stopped.

Kalu is even more saddened by the fact that no one from the government or the party has cared about the loss of his son. The father of the deceased Deepak is a UML worker. 'Neither anyone from the government nor any party leader and worker who has been a member and voted for me for years has come to heal my wounds,' he said. 'The government has also sent relief money through the bank. Even if they had called me and not come to meet me, they would have been satisfied.'

He complains that no one from the party has understood his grief when he left his personal work and became a member. ‘He left his job and served the leaders. He went to programs, meetings and campaigns instead of doing housework. Today, when he lost his son for the country, the party leaders did not even call him even if he could not come,’ he said. ‘When he was sad, he did not even make a single call.’

He had educated his youngest brother, Deepak, up to grade 12, by working as a laborer. Since the other sons could not study, the family had more hopes for Deepak. ‘Unexpected unpleasant events keep making me cry,’ said mother Lakshmi. ‘I can’t handle it when I see others of Deepak’s age.’

Deepak had completed grade 12 in crop science at the local Nagarjuna Secondary School and left for the capital only a month and a half ago to go to Korea to learn the language.’ Deepak, who had gone to the capital with a debt to improve his family's future, had last asked his brother in Mumbai, India, for money to buy a mobile phone to learn Korean. After the money his brother sent was not enough, Deepak is with his brother, who bought the mobile phone in installments. After his brother, who used to give comfort to the family, was martyred, his brother, who returned home from Mumbai, is trying to convince the family.