Indian killed in Nepal police firing on border

Patna: A local was killed and two others injured in alleged firing by Nepal police personnel along the India-Nepal border in Bihar’s Sitamarhi district on Friday, officials said. The Inspector General (IG) of the Sashastra Seema Bal’s Patna Frontier, Sanjay Kumar, told PTI that the incident took place between locals and the Armed Police Force (APF) of Nepal.
One person was killed and two others were injured in the firing, the IG said. The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) is not involved in the issue. Officials said that the locals had a confrontation with the APF over accessing an area near the international border and later, a scuffle took place between the two sides resulting in the firing.–Agencies