Kathmandu, May 31: Motorcycle-borne gunmen today shot and killed Nepalese Supreme Court judge Rana Bahadur Bam, being investigated for corruption in the centre of the capital, shattering an uneasy peace, amid political uncertainty in the country.
Bam, 64, a sitting judge, was going to the Court premises when his car was sprayed by bullets by unidentified assailants riding a motorbike who blocked his path on the banks of Bagmati river in Sankhamool area of the city, police said.
Kathmandu police spokesman Rabi Raj Shrestha said the judge was shot as he emerged from the Baglamukhi temple after morning prayers at 11 AM.
The judge, his bodyguard and one more person in the car were rushed to nearby Norvic International Hospital for treatment where he succumbed to his injuries. The condition of the bodyguard and other occupant, who was not named, was stated to be out of danger.
Doctors at the hospital said the 64-year-old judge had been shot six times and was declared dead on being admitted to the hospital.
