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Share forensic report of Nepali national: India to Nepal

In the wake of a Nepalese man being killed in a firing incident along the Indo-Nepal border, India on Friday…

Share forensic report of Nepali national: India to Nepal

Gopal Baglay (PHOTO: Twitter)

In the wake of a Nepalese man being killed in a firing incident along the Indo-Nepal border, India on Friday asked Nepal to share postmortem and forensic reports of the Nepali national.

"Government of Nepal is being requested through diplomatic channels to share post-mortem and forensic reports to facilitate the process," MEA spokesperson Gopal Baglay said on Friday.

"Officials of two bordering districts of India and Nepal have met after the incident and agreed to maintain peace and order," he added .He said that the Sashastra Seema Bal has initiated an enquiry on reports of the death of a Nepali national on Thursday.

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Govinda Gautam, the Nepalese man was killed on Thursday when Indian border guards allegedly opened fire following a dispute over the construction of a culvert on Sano Khola river along the Indo-Nepal border.

The incident occurred in Kanchanpur district in southwestern Nepal that borders India’s Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh states.

The construction of the culvert started on Wednesday after an agreement was reached by the two sides following a dispute that lasted for more than a month.

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