Kathmandu, March 16: One civilian was killed and another injured when plainclothes policemen indiscriminately opened fire in the mid-western town of Nepalgunj in Banke district on Wednesday. The incidence occurred at around 5 O'clock in the evening.
Reports quoting eyewitnesses said Sahadev Prasad Tiwari, principal of a local school, was killed when three plainclothes policemen indiscriminately opened fire in front of Laxmi Cinema Hall at Biskurian Chowk.
Tiwari who received severe bullet injuries died while being rushed to the local Bheri Zonal Hospital. Another local resident injured in the incident has been undergoing treatment at the same hospital.
Two of the plainclothes policemen involved in the reckless shoot out, have been taken under control but one is still absconding.