Nawalparasi, February 4
Gajendra Bishwakarma, a gold trader in Nawalparasi, was shot on Saturday.
An unidentified group attacked Bishwakarma, a permanent resident of Bardaghat Municipality-4, near Kukurmara as he was on his way home after closing his gold outlet at Susta Rural Municipality, police said.
The injured Bishwakarma is currently undergoing treatment at the Bhairahawa-based Universal College of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, having sustained a bullet injury to his arm.
The police are searching for the potential assailants, according to DSP Resham Bohora at the District Police Office East Nawalparasi.
