A man was shot dead on a broad daylight at Bhutaha Bazaar in Harinagar Rural Municipality-2, Sunsari District in Province No. 1 on September 20, reports Kathmandu Post. Police said four motorcycle-borne gunmen shot dead Khursid Ansari, chairman of a local school management committee, at the town centre before fleeing to India. As the gunmen were fleeing to India, they also shot Police Constable Shiva Poudel who had tried to stop them at Ghuksi Bazaar. The injured constable was taken to Dharan for treatment. Besides chairing the management committee of Rohiyan National Public School, Ansari was also the vice-chairman of Dawat-e-Islam, a Muslim social organisation, and a member of Nepal Communist Party (NCP). Friends and family members suspect that there is a powerful force behind Ansari’s death, the one that did not like his growing influence in the community. The Sunsari chapter of NCP condemned Ansari’s killing and demanded the authorities concerned to arrest the culprits and provide a suitable compensation to his family.