KATHMANDU, July 22 -- Paras Puri was shot at by two motorcycle-borne assailants in Bidhyanagar of Kapilvastu district on March 31. He succumbed to injuries at a hospital in Butwal.
Police investigation showed the assailants had used a pistol to commit the crime. The murderers are yet to be arrested.
Similarly, twenty-eight-year-old Dipendra Kumar Chaudhary of Motibhari was shot dead following a dispute with his neighbour on November 23 last year.
The neighbour, Ajit Pandey, had shot Chaudhary five times and fled the scene. Pandey is still at large.
These are just two cases where small weapons were used with the intent to cause grave bodily harm. Use of firearm is unchecked in areas that share border with India, according to Superintenden...