An unidentified gang gunned down an exiled youth of Beldangi-II Extension on Wednesday, at around 9:15 pm, Nepal Standard Time.
According to Armed Police Force (APF) Inspector Suraj Chhetri, 21-year-old Ram Bahadur Gurung of sector C-4, hut number 68-68 was shot just outside his hut.
“He sustained at least three bullets at his chest,” Chhetri told Bhutan News Service
According to our correspondent, who reached the site upon hearing gun firing and cry for help, Gurung was lying still.
A group of exiled Bhutanese rushed him to the nearby health center run by the AMDA Nepal, from where he was referred to the AMDA-Hospital Damak.
An hour later, the hospital doctors pronounced him dead, according to the family source.
Preparations were underway to take the dead body to Chandragadhi for postmortem.
No persons involved in the shooting were arrested. Inspector Chhetri said investigation into the case was underway.
Reported by Vidhyapati Mishra from Beldangi with inputs from Phurba Tamang of Beldangi-II Extension for BNS.
