Rautahat, July 24 -- An unidentified group hurled black ink at Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) lawmaker Ganesh Paudel on Thursday night while he was attending a public outreach programme in Nepal's southern Rautahat district, police said.

Paudel, who represents Rautahat constituency No 4 in the House of Representatives, was targeted at the venue of the 'Janatasanga Sansad' (MP with the People) programme in Parsa village in ward 4 of Gadhimai Municipality shortly after the event had concluded.

According to the lawmaker, the incident occurred as he was putting on his shoes before leaving the venue.

"I was putting on my shoes after the programme when a few people threw ink at me from behind and fled," Paudel said. "I could not identify who...