Kathmandu, August 20, 2015:  Kumar Shrestha aka Ghaite was encountered in police firing today around 12 noon.
According to Police, a gang led by Shrestha assaulted police in Samakhusi in the capital at the time of a police check and that Shrestha was shot down in counter attack.
Kamal Singh Bam, Police Spokesperson, said that while receiving treatment in the TU Teaching Hospital, Shrestha died  adding, two assistant sub inspectors of police and a constable, who were injured in the firing, are undergoing treatment in the Bir Hospital.
Bam also said that two other attackers–Surendra Maharjan and Raj Maharjan, who were injured in the incident, are getting treatment in the TU Teaching Hospital.