Nepal firing: PM Narendra Modi condemns killing of Indian national
"PM has expressed shock & condemned the unfortunate killing of a youngster from Bihar due to police firing in Nepal," PMO India tweeted.
Modi also spoke to Nepal PM KP Oli over the ongoing violence in the neighbouring nation.
"PM spoke to Nepal PM Shri KP Oli. He expressed concern on the incident & requested for details," the Twitter handle read.
"On supply of fuel & other essentials, PM assured that there is no obstacle from the Indian side" it said.
At the same time, the PM urged Nepalese leaders to work towards ensuring an early and effective solution to the crisis.
An Indian national has been killed during firing by the Nepal police in Birgunj city of Nepal, media reports said.
According to media reports, he has been identified as Asish Kumar Ram.
He belonged to India's Raxaul town, reports said.
Several people were injured in the attack.
The Nepal police earlier lathicharged people from the Madhesi community - protesting against the country's new constitution - as they blocked a connecting bridge near the Indo-Nepal border in Raxaul in Bihar.
The Madhesis - natives of the Terai region who share ethnic ties with India - have been on a protest against the Nepal Government's plans to divide the Himalayan nation into seven federal provinces under the Constitution adopted in September.
Nepal Police has claimed that the Madhesi protestors are not allowing the supplies to enter from the Indian side.
Tension has been simmering in the southern plains of the landlocked Nepal since the new Constitution was formally adopted on September 20. Madhesi parties - who claim to represent the interests of the Indian-origin inhabitants of Nepal's Terai region - and Tharu ethnic groups have been agitating against the charter, which they say are discriminatory to their interests.
The protests have cast a shadow on the India-Nepal ties, as goods and fuel to the Himalayan nation via the major trading points of Birgunj and Biratnagar have been shrunk.
Faced with an acute shortage of fuel and essential goods,Nepal recently signed a deal with China to import petroleum products.
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