SARLAHI, June 21 -- The Sarlahi in-charge of Netra Bikrma Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) died in police action in Lalbandi on Thursday.
Superintendent of Police Gopal Chandra Bhattarai said the security personnel opened fire in retaliation after a group of four motorcycle-borne persons fired at a police patrol in a forest near Lakhandehi in Lalbandi-1.
The deceased has been identified as 47-year-old Kumar Paudel, a resident of Bagmati Municipality-2. He died on the spot while three others managed to escape from the incident site, said police.
Police recovered a revolver and four round bullets from the site. Similarly, a country-made pistol, two rounds of bullets and 200 blank identity cards issued in the name of Nepal Landless ...