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 of Bardaghat municipality-16 as he was on his way home after closing his gold outlet at Susta rural municipality-1, 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 Resham Bohora, Deputy Superintendent of Police and Information Officer at the District Police Office East Nawalparasi.
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