An elderly man of 65-year-old belonging to Kori caste has been shot in his sleep on Wednesday night. The bullet pierced his stomach. He had earlier filed a complaint in the police against the gang rape of his daughter. His condition remains critical, he has been referred to Kohalpur Teaching Hospital from Nepalgunj. The victim had filed a complaint in the police station as his teen daughter from Hiraminiya had been gang-raped on August 27. Local youths Mahesh Sharma, Sushil Barma and Rampheran Kori, the alleged perpetrators are still on the run. According to a local the father had faced pressure right from the beginning to withdraw the complaint from those who assured him that they would solve the case outside court. Due to pressure, he had also not been able to file the complaint immediately after the incident occurred. The police had registered the case after a medical checkup confirmed that the teenager had been raped. Police are searching for the perpetrators at the time the victim was shot. According to DSP Sushilsingh Rathaur, the assailants have already been identified and the police have been deployed to arrest them. The locals remain fearful and are dissatisfied with the police for not acting promptly when the rape occurred.