Unidentified persons opened fire at former Finance Minister and Rolpa Constituency 1 candidate Barsha Man Pun's election publicity team at Iribang village in Rolpa district on Sunday.

The perpetrators fired around 9 shots near Kebari River ar Duikholi Rural Municipality-3 in the district at around 11:30am this morning, according to the police. In retaliation, police personnel deployed for the security of Pun shot five rounds.

However, there were no reports of casualties following the incident and Pun’s team reached Iribang Bagmara Bazar safely.

Earlier, on Saturday Pun's vehicle was ambushed at Sukudaha in Rolpa district. All the occupants escaped the incident unhurt. However, the vehicle had suffered minor damages. Pun was heading towards Ghartigaun after concluding election campaign in Sukidaha when the vehicle (Ba 15 Cha 8628) was ambushed at Pedikhola, Bhitabang, in Madi Rural Municipality.

On Friday, a bomb was hurled towards former home minister Janardan Sharma's vehicle in Rukum district.