BUTWAL, Oct 30: Kamal Gautam, the central vice-chair of GEFONT, a trade union affiliated with the CPN-UML, passed away after collapsing while delivering a speech in front of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) office in Bhairahawa.
Gautam, 63, was addressing a protest organized by industrialists and workers against NEA’s decision to cut power supply to 10 industries in the Butwal–Bhairahawa corridor over the trunk line dispute when he suddenly fell unconscious.
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He was immediately rushed to Crimson Hospital in Manigram, where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival. Doctors confirmed cardiac arrest as the cause of death following examination.
A resident of Jyotinagar, Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City–3, Gautam was also a central committee member of the UML. Active in both the party and GEFONT since 1997, he is survived by his wife and two sons.
