Nepali national killed in SSB firing

A Nepali national was killed when Seema Surakshya Bal, Indian border security force, opened fire in a clash between citizens of Nepal and India at bordering Kargildanda in Punarbas Municipality in the district today.
The deceased has been identified as Gobinda Gautam of Punarbas Municipality-8.
A dispute ensued when Nepali locals tried to install a Hume Pipe in the no man’s land near the border pillar no 200 leading to the clash followed by stone pelting by citizens of both Nepal and India, police said.
Gautam breathed his last on the way to Dhangadhi for treatment, local people said.
SSB said that they had to shoot to contain the tense situation. SSB shot six rounds of bullets into the air, police said.
Following the interventions by Indian citizens, enraged Nepali locals chased the protesting Indian citizens away and the clash occurred in the Indian territory, police said.
After the incident, police and Armed Police Force of Nepal have been deployed while SSB was also deployed.