An Indian national has been injured in a shooting at Maya Devi Rural Municipality in Kapilvastu district on Thursday night.

According to police, a group of two men opened two rounds of fire at 35-year-old Irshad Khan at a hotel in Kakarchhaud of the rural municipality.

Khan, a permanent resident of Aligarhwa of the bordering Siddharthanagar district in India, sustained bullet injuries in his shoulder and waist in the attack. He is undergoing treatment at a medical college in an Indian bordering town.

Superintendent of Police Prem Bahadur Basnet at the District Police Office said they have started an investigation into the case in coordination with Indian Police.