Gorkha, Sept. 18 -- Bimal Bhatta, 22, of ward 5 of Barpak Sulikot Rural Municipality in Gorkha, was killed when police opened fire during the Generation Z protest in front of the Parliament building in New Baneshwar on September 8.

The shooting occurred around 3:30pm, with Bhatta collapsing after being hit in the chest and forehead. He was rushed to Civil Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead, according to his relative Sujan Bhatta.

Bimal had been living with his maternal uncle in Koteshwar for the past four years while studying at Pashupati Campus. He had joined the protest with friends. "He was at the front when the firing started," Sujan said. "His friends rushed him to Civil Hospital, but he had already died by the time we got...