 On 28 January 1941, Ganga Lal was taken to Shobha Bhagwati on the bank of the Bishnumati River where he was shot dead along with Chand by Nara Shumsher Rana.The other two, Mathema and Shastri, were hanged.Ganga Lal was allowed one last meeting with his family the day before he was executed.