Kailali, Sept. 17 -- year-old Gaurav Joshi of Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City-5, education abroad was the dream he had held onto for years. After completing his higher secondary studies in science at Aishwarya Vidya Niketan, he first tried to go to Australia. When that plan failed, he began preparing to move to the United Kingdom.

But on September 9, his aspirations came to a sudden halt. Gaurav was killed during the Gen Z protests in Kathmandu, leaving behind his elderly parents, Basudev and his wife, who had relied on him as their only support in old age.

The shock first reached his niece Sonia Joshi, who recognised him in a protest video on TikTok.

At first, she struggled to believe it was him-until a bank card bearing his name was ...