Unidentified gunmen Tuesday morning shot and injured Khagendra Shrestha, editor of Dharan Today, a daily published from the eastern town of Dharan, according to the Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ).
In a statement today, the FNJ said the assailants shot Shrestha when he was working at his office in Dharan. Shrestha who received two bullet injuries is undergoing treatment at the local B.P Koirala Medical Institute and is in serious condition.
Nobody has been arrested in connection with the attack.