Gokul Bharali (96), founder member of Jamugurihat regional committee of Natun Sahitya Parishad, breathed his last on August 22 in a private hospital in Guwahati due to prolonged illness. Bharali, a retired teacher of BHC MES, Itakhola, was an active social worker and organizer. Krishna Kamal Bora, secretary of Sonitpur district committee of Natun Sahitya Parishad, condoled the death of the founder member and said that it was an irreparable loss.