Suspected Maoists shot dead police inspector Pradip Thapa of the National Investigation Department Tuesday morning at 6:30 am at his residence in Chhampi Village Development Committee of Lalitpur district, police said.
Thapa who was rushed to the army hospital in Chhauni perished on the way due to excessive bleeding. The assailants who fled the scene after the attack also injured Thapa’s father Gajendra Bahadur Thapa.
The victim’s father at Chhauni hospital is out of danger, according to Home Ministry sources.