Two traders have died in separate attacks by unidentified groups in Bara district forcing the district-based entrepreneurs to come out in a protest rally demanding security.

On Friday, Amarjit Singh died after being shot at by unidentified persons in Nitanpur of Bara district. Singh was the owner of local Bagga Oil Store. Shot at in the head, Singh died immediately after he was taken to a local hospital.

Earlier, on Thursday, unidentified group had shot young entrepreneur Abhimanyu Kumar Shah. He later succumbed to bullet wounds at Tribhuwan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu. His families suspect that the killers could be members of notorious Indian criminal Chhote Lal Sahani, who operates his cross-border crime network from an Indian jail.

Meanwhile, protesting the unbridled crime and lack of security, Bara Chamber of Commerce and Industry imposed shutdown in the district on Friday. They took out protest rally deploring police and administration for failing to nab the culprits. The chamber has warned of stringent agitation if the administration does not arrest the culprits within 48 hours.