A 32- or 33-year-old man was injured after being hit by a pellet from a muzzle-loading gun fired to scare away monkeys in Dharmanagar, Jitpur Simara Sub-Metropolitan City-16, on Monday evening.
The victim, Uttam Ramauli Magar, was injured at around 6:35pm when 30-year-old Gobinda Thada Magar, a local resident, fired the gun to chase away monkeys. He is receiving treatment at Nepal Mediciti Bayodha Hospital in Birgunj.
Police teams from the District Police Office, Bara, Dumbarwana Temporary Police Post and Simara Area Police Office took Gobinda into custody along with two muzzle-loading guns after receiving information about the incident.
The Area Police Office in Simara is investigating the case.
