Indian killed by Nepalese border force

An Indian national was killed as the Nepalese border guarding force on Friday opened fire on a crowd on the Indo-Nepal Border along Bihar's Sitamarhi district. Two others were also injured in the incident.

The border guarding force - Nepalese Armed Police Force - has also detained a person identified as 45-year-old Lagan Yadav after the incident, Indian officials said.

The incident comes in the midst of a raging boundary row between the two countries with India sternly asking Nepal not to resort to any "artificial enlargement" of territorial claims after Kathmandu released a new political map laying claim over Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura.

New Delhi maintains that these were part of Uttarakhand while Kathmandu, in its recent map, had shown them as part of Western Nepal.

Giving details about the incident at Sitamarhi district, 134 kms from Patna, Kumar Rajesh Chandra, Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal, a force looking after the 1,751 km India-Nepal frontier, said the incident took place around 8:40am (local time) “deep inside Nepalese territory”.

The situation is normal now and local commanders of both sides got in touch immediately, Mr Chandra said. _Agencies


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