Police had gunned down ‘Chari’, one of the most dreaded gangsters, at Bhimdhunga, seven kilometres from Sitapaila in the Capital, on August 7.

Highly placed source at the TU Forensic Department said there were seven bullets lodged in Chari’s body, among them only one was recovered.

Dhurba Adhikari, brother of ‘Chari’, said the doctors informed him that the bullets are of pistol and were shot from the front. “Only one bullet was found stuck in spine. Other bullets have pierced the body,” said Adhikari, quoting a doctor involved in the post-mortem. Dr Harihar Wasti and Dr Tulsi Kandel had conducted the post-mortem while Dr Ram Krishna Adhikari of Manmohan Memorial Medical Institute and Teaching Hospital was brought as an observer from Chari’s side.

A doctor said the post-mortem has shown results just opposite of the hypothesis offered by police. Police had said that motorcycle-borne Adhikari opened fire at a police team from the Crime Investigation Division in Hanumandhoka, and the officials fired back in self-defense.

Relatives of ‘Chari’ have claimed that police killed him in a fake encounter. Khusbu Oli, supposed girl friend of ‘Chari’, has been claiming that personal vengeance between a police officer and ‘Chari’ led to the incident. Some have questioned the police narrative that Adhikari was shot in the chest while he was speeding away on a motorcycle, arguing that the bullets would have been lodged in his back in such a case.