One person was killed and two others were injured when armed police of Nepal opened fire near Lalbandi border outpost on Friday morning.
The incident took place around 8.45am when some residents of Jankinagar village under Sonbarsa police station in Sitamarhi district were working in an agricultural field.
The deceased, Vikesh Kumar Rai, 25, and the injured, Umesh Ram and Uday Thakur, are Indian nationals.
One Lagan Rai is said to have been detained by the Nepal police.
Locals said the firing took place after a clash between some people working in their agricultural field at the Lalbandi-Janki Nagar border in Pipra Parsain panchayat under the Sonebarsha police station of the district. Rai died on the spot, they stated.
Inspector General of Bihar sector of the Sashastra Seema Bal Sanjay Kumar said, “The incident took place between locals and the armed police force of Nepal… one person was killed, while two were injured in the firing by the Nepal police”. The SSB was not involved in the issue, he added.
