Man killed by gun placed for poaching

A man has been killed in an apparent gun misfire at Ganyapadhura Rural Municipality-5 in Dadeldhura district on Tuesday night. The dead has been identified as Dal Bahadur Pan, 45, of Ganyapadhura-4, and the gun was fixed to ambush wild animals at a community forest in the locality, said the police. He died on the way to Dadeldhura Hospital, said the district police office.

The police have apprehended four persons on the suspicion of their involvement in the incident.