Overview

• Ravi Laxmi Chitrakar sustained serious injuries when a mob set fire to the family home in Kathmandu on September 9.
• She suffered burns to about 15 percent of her body, with severe damage to her left hand and a chest infection from smoke, according to her family.
• After initial care at the Burn Hospital in Kirtipur, she was moved to New Delhi for further treatment on doctors’ recommendation.
• The attack occurred during youth-led demonstrations known as the Gen Z protests that saw property damage and multiple injuries in the capital, according to reports.
• Jhalanath Khanal served as Nepal’s prime minister in 2011, and the case has renewed attention on protest-related violence and emergency medical capacity.