A young man was killed during a weapons exchange by Nepal police, after three Indians crossed the border from the district of Pilibhit.
Govinda Singh, 20 was killed by Nepal police was a resident of Pilibhit District of Uttar Pradesh.
The incident took place on the Belori market on Thursday night in Kanchanpur in Nepal, where the villagers Govinda Singh, Gurmeet Singsh and Pappu Singh were attending the fair, according to district SP, Jai Prachash Yadav. Jai Prakash Yadav. District SP Yadav.
The police said the three were Indian smugglers and seized “blue sugar,” a pistol and a printer that printed false currency notes from the youth killed, according to the Nepalese authorities.
However, while officials in Nepal call this a case of smuggling, the Pilibhit SP said that it was firing after some little debate. the local people said.
“They were cordoned off and fired at around 7.30 p.m. by the Nepalese police, which gravely wounded Govinda Singh (24). At the Belori primary hospital, he succumbed to his injuries. The Nepalese police are in detention, “Yadav said.
PappuSingh was severely injured and on Friday he was admitted for treatment to the Palia Hospital in the district of Lakhimpur Kheri.
The SP said that Gurmeet Singh fled and returned to India, but his whereabouts were unknown. Singh’s reply was that he fled. The SP has told the police to search for him.
In order to get the survivor back, the SP said that Nepalese authorities had been approached and talks were conducted on it.
Yadav said there is harmony on the border with Nepal as a precautionary measure has been used by more police. PappuSingh was severely injured and on Friday he was admitted for treatment to the Palia Hospital in the district of Lakhimpur Kheri.
The SP said that Gurmeet Singh fled and returned to India, but his whereabouts were unknown. Singh’s reply was that he fled. The SP has told the police to search for him.
In order to get the survivor back, the SP said that Nepalese authorities had been approached and talks were conducted on it.
Yadav said there is peace at the border with Nepal even as more police have been deployed as a precautionary measure.