Man Shot Dead At Ghantaghar Today

Two unidentified men shot three rounds of bullet, injuring one person in front of Ghantaghar in the capital on Monday. The injured Faisal Ahmed, 41, General Secretary of Islamic Sangh succumbed to his injuries at Bir Hospital. Ahmed, who hails from Sunsari had multiple wounds, informed our correspondent Sundar Khanal. There are around 15 holes in his body, according to doctors at Bir Hospital. He had sustained  bullet injuries in his head, chest and neck.

Demanding resignation of home minister, Ahmed´s relatives have staged protest and have obstructed traffic in front of Ghantaghar.

They have also accused home minister of not being able to maintain security in the capital. One of the relative of the deceased told our reporter that they have vowed to protest till home minister resigns from the post.

Police are assuming the killers may belong to the same group which killed Jamim Shah and attacked Yunus Ansari in jail.

Although police arrested Manmeet Singh immediately after he attacked Ansari, they are yet to nab other members of the group.

The assailants are still at large. According to an eyewitness, the shooters fled towards Kamladi. Police have intensified the search to find the absconding murderers.

18 killed in Nepal plane crash (25 Sep 2011 05:10)

An aircraft owned by Buddha Air crashed while returning from a mountain flight to Tribhuvan International Airport on Sunday at Kotdanda near Godavari on the north-eastern outskirts of Kathmandu Valley.
While preparing to land, the 9NAE K1900 aircraft had lost its communication with the airport from 7:31 am this morning.

"10 Indian nationals, six Europeans and three Nepalis as crew members were on board,” confirmed a source from TIA.

According to Buddha Air, "16 were foreigners and JD Tamrakar was the captain of the plane."

Among 14 Indian passengers inside the ill-fated craft, at least eight are said to be from Tamilnadu of India. Asmita Shrestha, air-hostess of 9NAE K1900 aircraft also couldn't escape the tragedy. It has been learnt that Captain JD Tamrakar is the son of the former minister Ramkrishna Tamrakar aligned to Nepali Congress.

According to police deployed in rescue operation, 17 bodies have been found and the lone survivor of the tragedy who was being taken to the nearest B&B Hospital at Gwarko, died on the way.

Superintendent of Police Bhog Bahadur Thapa said, weather condition is affecting rescue operation.

According to a local resident Chranjeevi Acharya, Police team and locals are involved in the rescue operation.

Meanwhile, all the bodies have been sent to Bir Hospital for postmortem soon after being airlifted to the Tribhuvan International airport.