PAANCHTHAR, Feb. 10 -- Chairperson of Falgunanda Rural Municipality in Paanchthar district as well as an established litterateur Amar Kumar Nembang died on Saturday following a heart attack. He was 77.
Nembang's sudden death has left the whole district grief-stricken. He had a long career in politics as a leader of Nepali Congress (NC). After delivering a speech at a program organized in the rural municipality center Panchami Bazar on Saturday, Nembang was about to take his seat when he fell unconscious. He was rushed to the Ilam District Hospital where medical Superintendent Dr Pawan Jung Raymajhi stated that he had suffered a sudden heart attack.
Family members had even arranged a helicopter to take him to Kathmandu for treatment but Ne...