Nepalese Police fires at three Indians, one killed
A young man was killed after the Nepalese Police allegedly fired at three Indians who had gone across the border from Pilibhit district to attend a fair in Nepal's Kanchanpur. "The victim's body is in the custody of the Nepalese Police while whereabouts of the other two are not known," Pilibhit SP Jai Prakash Yadav said.
The three had gone to the fair in Kanchanpur
Govinda Singh, Gurmeet Singh, and Pappu Singh, all residents of Bhumidan Raghavpuri Tilla Chaar village in Pilibhit district, had gone to the fair at the Belori market in Kanchanpur on Thursday evening. The Nepalese Police fired at them following an argument, Yadav informed.
Govinda succumbed to his injuries at the hospital
According to police, one of them is said to have fled from the spot, while his whereabouts and those of the other are not known. "The Nepalese Police cordoned them off and opened fire, in which Govinda Singh (24) was seriously injured. He succumbed to his injuries at the Belori Primary Hospital. The body is in the custody of the Nepalese Police," Yadav said.
More police deployed to maintain peace at the border
Yadav said there is peace at the border with Nepal even as more police has been deployed as a precautionary measure. Officials of the Nepalese Police are being contacted and action will be taken on the basis of the facts, Yadav said, adding that information is being sought from family members of the dead.
