A man was injured after unidentified persons opened fire at him in Attariya of Kailali district on Sunday.

According to the police, two persons, on a motorbike, shot at Bikas Sunar, 28, near the Armed Police Force Base Camp on the eastern road of Attariya.

Deputy Superintendent Bed Prakash Joshi, spokesperson at the District Police Office in Kailali, informed that Sunar has sustained bullet injuries to his right hand and back.

Sunar, a bullion trader, was shot while returning back to his home after closing his Attariya-based jewelery shop.

Police informed that Sunar has been referred to Dhangadi-based Maya Metro Hospital following first-aid treatment at Attariya-based Padma Hospital.

Joshi informed that a police team under District Police Office Superintendent of Police Somendra Singh Rathour has been formed and search is underway for the perpetrators.