Newly elected ward chairman of Biratnagar municipality, Triveni Majhi, who was shot by the Maoists on Thursday died while undergoing treatment at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences at Dharan.

A local journalist Bikram Nirauala informed Nepalnews over telephone that, Majhi– who was elected unopposed to the post of chairman of ward no. 15 of
Biratnagar sub-metropolis-was shot at as he was residing at his residence at Janapath tole Thursday evening.

A group of assailants fired indiscriminately at Majhi and people around him and fled immediately. Dipak Gurung, who had gone to congratulate Majhi for being elected to the post, died during the attacks.

Maoists have been targeting the candidates of the municipal polls.

Meanwhile, six children were injured when a bomb planted by the Maoists went off at the bridge of Lohendrakhola of Morang district on Friday morning.

The incident occurred when children tried to play with an unidentified object.

According to Niraula, the injured children are undergoing treatment at the local hospital.

Meanwhile, a report from the mid-western region said security forces clashed with Maoists at Kusumbaghat of Padnaha Village Development Committee in Bardiya district, Friday afternoon.

According to report from the district, the clash started at around 1:30 in the afternoon when security forces reached the incident site after receiving information that Maoists were holding a gathering in the area.

Likewise, Maoists detonated a bomb at the office of the ward number 5 at Kritipur municipality. Maoists detonated the bomb at around 9 in the morning. Some windowpanes were destroyed during the incident.