India’s Press Information Bureau (PIB), however, stopped short of mentioning “SSB” or “firing” in a press statement posted on its website about the Nidhi-Singh fulfilling.Singh expressed “grief on the death of a Nepali national at the Indo-Nepal border in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh. He stated that India will carry out a fair and impartial enquiry into the incident and associate the Nepali counterparts in the effort to arrive at the truth,” said the PIB. Nepal’s Home Ministry said on Wednesday that “the ballistics of the bullet that killed Gautam shows that it was fired by Indian security forces”. DPM Nidhi on Wednesday itself had informed India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval of the findings and conveyed to him that post-mortem, forensic and ballistics reports had been sent to India. The PIB has quoted Singh as telling Nidhi that “any incident taking place even unknowingly, should be settled through joint inspection and investigation by the representatives of two sides”. Nidhi and Singh also discussed other border-related issues during their meeting on Thursday. In accordance with the PIB, Singh said that wherever strip maps have been finalised, the same must be signed by the concerned authorities at the earliest. The Indian side also asked for regular meetings between chiefs of SSB and Nepal’s Armed Police Force. Meetings between the two security agencies from Nepal and India have not at all taken place for you will develop three years
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