Kathmandu- Laxman Rai, a resident of Panchakanya Rural Municipality-2 in Nuwakot, who was critically injured after being shot during the Jen Z protests, has died.

He was receiving treatment at the National Trauma Center in Kathmandu and passed away at around midnight yesterday.

Family members said his body has been taken to the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital’s forensic department for post-mortem.

Rai had sustained a gunshot injury to the back of his head. With his death, the toll from the Jen Z protests has now reached 76.