Leader Alam was shot at Chainpur Chowk of Bara district along the Pathlaiya-Birgunj road while he was talking on phone, an official at Bara District Police Office told Republica over telephone.[break]
According to Chief District Officer of Bara District Kailash Bajimaya, three motorcycle-borne assailants opened fire at him at around 11 am today.
Map of Parwanipur where Mohammad Alam was shot at. (Photo: google.com)
He is said to have sustained bullet injuries on his head.
Alam, who was serioulsy injured in the incident, had been taken to Birgunj-based National Medical College.
The condition of Alam is said to be critical.
Injured Alam has been airlifted to Kathmandu from Birgunj by a Nepal Army helicopter for further treatment, informed our Bara-based correspondent Upendra Yadav. He is undergoing treatment at TU Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj.
Alam has filed nomination from constituency-4 in Bara district representing UML. He is a UML central committee member as well as chairman of Muslim Ittehad Organization.
Alam is considered a probable candidate to win the elections to the Constituent Assembly from his constituency.