Kathmandu, July 10 -- Ganesh Nepali, the 25-year-old man who set himself on fire outside the Department of Passports in Tripureshwar, Kathmandu, has died while undergoing treatment at Bir Hospital on Friday, police said.

Superintendent of Police Pawan Bhattarai, spokesperson for the Kathmandu District Police Range, confirmed the death.

Ganesh's elder brother, Madan, said the hospital had informed the family of his brother's death. The hospital has yet to make an official announcement.

Nepali, from ward 1 of Soru Rural Municipality in Mugu district, succumbed to his injuries while being treated in the hospital's Burn Intensive Care Unit. Doctors had earlier said he was on a ventilator.

The government had postponed plans to transfer him...