RUPANDEHI: An Indian citizen, 35, was injured in a gun shot at in Kapilvastu.

Irshad Khan of Aligarhwa in Siddharthnagar district of India was shot twice in Mayadevi rural municipality 4 Chakarchouda of the district.

Kapilvastu Superintendent of Police Prem Bahadur Basnet informed that the Indian citizen who was staying in a hotel in Chakarchauda Bazaar was hit by two bullets in his shoulder and waist.

Basnet said that he was taken to Gorakhpur Medical College in India for treatment after being injured by the bullets.

The person who shot the bullet has not been identified.

District Police Office Kapilvastu said that the search and investigation of the shooter has been carried out in coordination with the Indian Police.