On 13 February 2013, falling on the third day of Tibetan New Year and the centenary of the Declaration of Tibet’s Independence by HH the 13th Dalai Lama in 1913, Drugpa Khar doused himself in gasoline and set himself on fire in Amchok Township in Sangchu County in Kanlho. He passed away from his action.

Drugpa Khar was the father of three aged between one and six years old. He was born at Lushu Kyi village in Tsoe, Kanlho.