Local leader of the ruling Socialist Party Nepal has been shot in Kapilvastu district.
Party chairman of Suddhodhan rural municipality Ram Narayan Yadav has been shot by an unidentified group Thursday afternoon, according to police. He was shot near Susariya bridge in ward no 3 of the rural municipality.
Two persons on a motorcycle shot him when he was going to Taulihawa from his home in ward No 5 on a motorcycle.
He is being treated at the District Hospital in Taulihawa for his wound on left arm.