Gajendra Bishwakarma, a gold trader in Nawalparasi, was shot at on Saturday.

An unidentified group attacked Bishwakarma, a permanent resident of Bardaghat municipality-4, near Kukurmara of Bardaghat Municipality-16 while he was on his way home after closing his jewelry shop at Susta Rural Municipality-1, police said.

The injured Bishwakarma is currently undergoing treatment at the Bhairahawa-based Universal College of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, having sustained a bullet injury to his arm.

The police are searching for the assailants, according to Resham Bohora, Deputy Superintendent of Police and Information Officer at the District Police Office East Nawalparasi.