Indian border guards killed a Nepali citizen over a local dispute in a rare shooting at the border, Nepal’s government said, prompting anti-India protests in the area and in the national capital on Friday. India and Nepal share a 1,751-km long and open border and thousands of people cross over each day to work and trade, but Nepali politicians have often accused India of meddling in its affairs. Dozens of people were protesting over a damaged culvert in Nepal’s Anandabazaar near the border with India on Thursday when Indian border guards opened fire, killing a 25-year-old man, a government statement said. An Indian foreign ministry spokesman said India’s border guards had opened an inquiry and had asked Nepal to provide a forensic and post mortem report on the victim. It said officials from the two countries had met and agreed to take steps to maintain calm.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 10, 2017 13:07 UTC