Nepali migrant worker dies in Portugal

KATHMANDU: A Nepali migrant worker, who went to Portugal for foreign employment eight months ago, has passed away.

Ganeshman Sarangkoti (33) of Chandranagar in Khajura rural municipality-1 of Banke, passed away last Friday in his sleep.

The incident took place in Portimao city of Portugal.

Sarangkoti had returned home from work on Thursday night and went to sleep but was found dead in his sleep the next morning, said Rabin Adhikari, President of the Non-Resident Nepali Association of Portugal.

He was working in a hotel in Portimao and had not returned home for the last eight years. He had arrived in Portugal after working in Dubai and Malta.

The body of the deceased has been kept in the hospital mortuary in Portimao.