A person was injured when police opened fire at a group of alleged robbers at Jagdol in Gokarneshwor Municipality on Thursday.

Crime Investigation Office spokesperson Rabindra Regmi said that police have recovered a pistol and seven rounds of its bullets from the possession of robbers.

He said that police opened fire at the robbers after they tried to attack security personnel. Amar Ghalan (25) was injured in the police firing.

Regmi said that police reached the incident site acting on a tip-off.