The priest of the temple located to the east of the village, Sah, had built a hut and was living alone.
A priest of the Kabir Baba Temple located in Rajakpatti, Kachan, Bodebarsain Municipality-8, Saptari, was murdered this morning.
An unidentified group shot and killed 73-year-old priest Ramdular Sah, a family member of the priest, Ramsundar Sah, informed. Sah, the priest of the temple located on the east side of the village, had been living alone in a hut. An unidentified group took the priest out onto the street and shot him in the back.
Within minutes of the incident, locals had informed the police station in Kachanali. Police teams from the District Police Office and Area Police Office Kadarbona have also reached the spot and started the necessary investigation.
Police said that two bullet casings were found at the scene. The body has been sent to the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan for an autopsy, informed Gautam Kumar KC, Chief Superintendent of Police at the District Police Office, Saptari. According to him, checks have been intensified on suspicious persons in the border area.
