A migrant worker from Parbat district has died after being thrashed by his fellow Nepali colleagues in Malaysia. 22-year-old Kishor Chhetri of Dhamilapani village in Bajung area of Modi Rural Municipality-5 died on Wednesday at the hands of other Nepali workers.

 

He was flogged with iron rod more than a week ago by four Nepali migrant workers causing serious injuries in his stomach. Chhetri died while undergoing treatment at the Putrodaya Hospital in Malaysia, according to his relative Anmol Chhetri. His body underwent a postmortem on Thursday and it will be brought to Nepal in a week.

 

Chhetri is the youngest son in his family who went to Malaysia for work 20 months ago. He is unmarried. His father Bhim Bahadur Chhetri is also a migrant worker. His mother Devi Chhetri is in a traumatic state and the entire villagers are mourning the incident. Police have already arrested the four Nepali workers involved in beating Chhetri.