Kathmandu, June 24 -- The State Affairs and Good Governance Committee of the federal parliament will question home ministry officials on Monday regarding the recent killing of a member of the Communist Party of Nepal led by Netra Bikram Chand.

The House committee decided to take up the issue after Janardan Sharma, a lawmaker from the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), raised questions over the killing of Kumar Paudel in Lalbandi, Sarlahi on Thursday.

According to police, four persons on two motorcycles opened fire on security personnel when they were stopped at a checkpoint. Security forces fired in retaliation and Paudel was killed, police said.

However, at Sunday's House committee meeting, Sharma, also a former home minister, said tha...