Government condemns killing of innocent Nepali national in border firing; Three-point agreement between Nepal, India officials on Gautam’s killing

Kathmandu / March 9: The government has condemned the killing of an innocent Nepali national Govinda Gautam on Thursday due to fire opened by the Indian security forces at Nepal-India border near Anandabazar at Punarbas Municipality, Ward No. 8 of Kanchanpur District, said a press release issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The government has already taken up this matter with serious concern at higher diplomatic level of the government of India with a demand to investigate into the incident and bring the guilty to justice.

The government has also called for taking necessary steps to bring the situation under control so that no further untoward incident takes place in the said border area.

Three-point agreement between Nepal, India officials on Gautam’s killing

Meanwhile, officials from Nepal and India have signed a three-point agreement to minimize the tension at two-country border after the killing of Govinda Prasad Gautam, 26, from Punarbas Municipality-8 in the district in a firing opened by border security force (SSB) of India on Thursday.
A discussion held between Akash Deep, DM from Lakhimpur Khiri district of Uttar Pradesh, India, and Manohar Prasad Khanal, Chief District Officer of Kanchanpur district took such decision.

As per the agreement, border disputes would be settled with the mapping from joint survey team at the disputed border area; investigation on the firing and compensation would be ensured to the victims’ family and the action to guilty if the Nepali national Gautam was killed by SSB’s shooting, and the border problems in the local level could be solved with the coordination of the Armed Police Force of Nepal and SSB, said CDO Khanal. RSS