A 28-year-old man was shot dead in Tarahara Jungle of Sunsari along the Dharan-Tarahara road section on Friday.

It has been learnt that Rohit Chaudhary of Biratnagar Sub-Metropolitan City-5, who was heading towards Biratnagar from Dhankuta, was shot and robbed by a gang of unidentified persons at the Charkoshe Jungle of Tarahara.

Incapacitated in the attack, Chaudhary breathed his last during the course of treatment at the Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences.

DSP Raj Kumar Rai, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Sunsari, said that they are searching for the miscreants.