News of a gunshot being fired at 1 am on Monday at the four-star luxury Hotel Nirvana in Bhairahawa, Rupandehi, spread like wildfire on Tuesday morning.

A gunshot was fired at a four-star hotel with a casino in the center of Siddhartha Municipality on Monday night during a fight between two groups of customers. As of Tuesday evening, detailed details about how the gunshots were fired in the hotel premises and the reasons behind it have not been made public. Even the police, who reached the spot at midnight, have not given any information about why and who fired the gunshots. Casinos are operating in most of the star hotels in the border city of Bhairahawa. Indian citizens come to play casino games in those hotels every day. Hoteliers in the Bhairahawa area are worried after the incident on Monday night. We have tried to explain in five questions and answers how this incident happened, what was its background, and what are the undisclosed facts about this incident.

How did the atmosphere of the fight in the hotel premises develop in the middle of the night?

The hotel on Paklihawa Road in Bhairahawa was bustling with customers until midnight on Monday. Indian citizens were coming and going in and out of the casino on the hotel premises. At that time, a dispute between a Nepali customer who was sitting and drinking in the hotel's swimming pool area and an Indian citizen turned into a fight. According to the information provided by the hotel management, although the reason for the fight is not clear, there was a fight between a Nepali customer who was sitting and drinking in the swimming pool area and an Indian who had come to play casino.

How did the shooting happen outside the hotel gate?

After the fight escalated in the hotel premises, one group left the hotel on a motorcycle. Soon after, another group also reached outside the hotel gate. The group that had come out on a motorcycle was waiting in the empty area between the hotel gate and the main road of the market. As soon as the other group arrived, the motorcycle riders started hitting each other with their helmets. Then, shots were fired into the crowd. However, the first bullet hit the wall of the gate. The shrapnel that bounced off from there hit the leg of security guard Min Bahadur Pariyar who was there. The security guard who was hit by the shrapnel is in a normal condition.

When did the police get information about the incident?

According to the district police, the police reached the spot immediately after the incident. The ward police office is located 500 meters from the incident. The district police office is about a kilometer away. A team including Superintendent of Police Pradeep Bahadur Chhetri, DSP Suraj Karki and others reached the spot immediately after the incident. The hotel management has also stated that it has provided the necessary CCTV footage and other materials to the police to assist in the investigation.

What did the police do after the incident?

Although the police said that they sealed the hotel and the surrounding area at midnight, they have not been able to arrest anyone involved in the shooting incident till Tuesday evening. A shell casing was found at the scene of the shooting. The police have said that the shooting was carried out with a pistol, but it is not yet clear what kind of weapon it was. The Indian border is 3/4 kilometers south of the hotel. The police have tightened security in the border area since last night, stating that the person involved in the incident may escape. Police took some people into custody for questioning on Tuesday afternoon, but their identities are being kept secret.